[Epoch Times, July 21, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Xu Jian comprehensive report) Frightened subway passengers clung to the ceiling handles and waited for the flood to slowly reach their necks. Some people almost fainted due to lack of oxygen. Parents We lifted the children high above the water…
On social media in mainland China, terrible videos of people in Zhengzhou being trapped in floods have been circulated. Some of the most shocking scenes are from the city’s subway system. Passengers in the carriages are almost waiting to die in the flood, Shakou Road The video of the station showed that there were at least five bodies on the platform.
Zhengzhou City in Henan Province has experienced the largest rainstorm in history. The hourly rainfall has exceeded 620 millimeters as of the early morning of the 21st. Officials claim that only 25 people have died. This has aroused strong doubts from Chinese netizens.
A female netizen recounted on Weibo about her terrible experience of being trapped in the subway on Tuesday (July 20) afternoon, and her post was subsequently deleted. The British “Guardian” obtained the archived content. The female passenger wrote that the subway she was riding on stopped and the passengers were told to leave, but because the flood was too deep to pass, the passengers were forced to return to the carriages.
“When the water was level with my chest, I was scared. Many people started to have breathing difficulties. I heard a nearby person call my family to tell my family about my bank information, and I think I should do the same,” she said.
“I thought of a lot of things, and it was difficult to express for a while. I only told my mother,’I’m not working anymore’, and hung up the phone. I was on the verge of collapse… I fainted because of lack of fresh air, and I was called The shock awakened me, and my mother said that the rescue was underway.”
She also wrote that she heard footsteps on the top of the car, rescuers broke the windows to let air circulate, and those who had difficulty breathing, including herself, were sent out first.
The survivor said that the fear was over the carriage, and the parents lifted their children above the water. “The water leaked from the cracks in the door, and more and more; everyone was standing on the subway seats.” She said .
Another 34-year-old man surnamed He told his story. His wife was trapped on Line 5 and told him that the air was running out and she could not wait too long. He cried and went to Shakou Road Station to rescue her.
“In order to save her, I walked for an hour and cried while walking.” He told Southern Weekend that he found that there were not enough rescuers, so he joined the rescue. He carried a passenger out, and the person died later. .
“Most people either vomit, have a headache, suffocate, or fainted due to lack of oxygen. The situation is very terrible.” He said that he heard a familiar voice very quickly. Fortunately, his wife was not injured but was exhausted.
Mr. Zheng, a security officer of the Zhengzhou Metro, said he spent the whole night pumping water from the station, and they were overwhelmed by the downpour on Tuesday afternoon. He said that the subway system is the only way for many people to go home in such bad weather, and they have been trying to keep it running. “This is the first time in my life that I have witnessed flooding into a subway station with my own eyes. I feel desperate,” he said.
Currently, rescue and recovery work in Zhengzhou is still continuing. The trapped residents either sleep in movie theaters and shelters, or wait for transportation to take them home. But according to the weather forecast, there will be heavy rain in the area this week.
Last week, a report issued by Greenpeace warned that major metropolitan areas around Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are threatened by extreme heat and rainfall. The average temperature in Beijing rises by 0.32 degrees Celsius every 10 years, which is the fastest. Since 1961, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have experienced 98 heat waves, the most in the past two decades.
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