Beijing, July 21, 2021 – At least 13 people They’re dead drowned in the subway of the city of Zhengzhou, battered by incessant rains and floods that are hitting central China. The authorities have ordered the eviction of 300,000 people in the Chinese province of Henan, at least 100,000 people have been evacuated in the capital Zhengzhou alone, and the death toll is bound to rise.
In the affected areas, in three days of thunderstorms, rainfall equivalent to a year of rain, with widespread flooding and dramatic situations. The number of missing people is high, but there is still no certain data. Since yesterday the trains have stopped, and the images of passengers submerged by water, and other emergency situations, broadcast by the media and on social networks shocked the country (The hashtags #HenanCanMakeIt and #HenanStormRescue went viral). According to the South Morning Post in the Zhengzhou subway over “500 passengers were rescued, but some did not get out alive “, trapped by the water. You also save 150 children from a kindergarten, always in the capital.
In the affected Chinese province, the emergency management headquarters this morning activated the emergency to level 1. In Zhengzhou city, after a night without water, electricity and Internet, some services resumed this morning.
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