The floods have damaged 13 million people, and nearly 9,000 houses have been damaged
Severe floods caused by heavy rainfall in China’s central Henan province last month, that affected over 13 million people, has risen sharply to at least 302, officials have confirmed.
As many as 50 people are still missing. Nearly 9,000 homes have been damaged.
According to weather reports, the city had received the equivalent of a year’s rainfall within the space of three days.
According to weather reports, the city had received the equivalent of a year’s rainfall within the space of three days
Most of the deaths were reported in the city of Zhengzhou, where floodwater inundated the city’s subway system and vehicles were swept away.
According to weather reports, the city had received the equivalent of a year’s rainfall within the space of three days.
Zhengzhou mayor Hou Hong confirmed the death toll in a news conference on Monday, telling reporters that 39 people were found dead in underground car parks.
Another 14 people were killed after water inundated Line 5 of the city’s subway system, she added.
Several dams and reservoirs in the province were flowing above the danger mark. The army had been called to divert rivers that had overflowed their banks.
Video footage posted to social media last month from inside train carriages showed people just managing to keep their heads above water.
At the time, President Xi Jinping warned of “significant loss of life and damage to property.”
