Check it out | Video shows Chinese commuters trapped in subway waist-deep water hit by floods

• Heavy rain hit the city of Zhengzhou in central China, and subway commuters were trapped in waist-deep water.
• This city of 10 million people is experiencing record downpours, killing at least 12 people.
• According to the local meteorological department, the city received a year’s rainfall in three days.
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Subway commuters in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province in central China Trapped in waist-deep water On Tuesday night, heavy rain flooded the ground.According to reports, the city’s record torrential rains have killed at least 12 people and more than 100,000 people have been evacuated Xinhua News Agency.

Updated from Henan Fire Bureau At around 21:00 local time on Tuesday, its Weibo account reported that all passengers were safe. It is not clear how many people are trapped in the Zhengzhou Metro Line 5 subway, which has 148 stations.

Weibo users @guozong I sent a description of a friend who said that as the water level rose, he was trapped on the train for 3.5 hours. She wrote in the letter: “The water rises very quickly and it is scary. The highest water reaches my neck.”

Elsewhere, according to China’s National Emergency Broadcasting Station, more than 750 passengers were stranded on the train for more than 40 hours at Tiellu Station near Zhengzhou without food or water. Weibo.

According to reports, a city with 10 million people along the Yellow River is experiencing the heaviest rainfall on record. National Broadcasting Corporation CGTNAt some point on Tuesday, Tuesday’s hourly rainfall reached a record 8 inches.

72 hours from July 17th to 20th, Zhengzhou saw 726 mm of rainAccording to the Henan Meteorological Bureau.This is more than a year of rainfall in a city Average annual rainfall Approximately 635 mm per year.

An aerial view of vehicles stranded in floodwaters in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, July 20, 2021.

Several videos on social media captured the car completely submerged and floating on a avenue. One of the photos showed a man sitting in a car with muddy water pouring out of the windshield.

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More than 3,000 soldiers and police have been deployed in rescue operations around the area. Chinese People’s Daily. The city has suspended all flights and stopped train operations at least until Wednesday afternoon.

People check damaged vehicles on flooded streets in Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China on July 20, 2021.

At the same time, it was reported that in another part of Henan Province, the Chinese military warned Wednesday morning that the Yihetan Dam in Luoyang, a city of about 7 million people, could “collapse at any time” due to heavy rains. Channel News Asia.

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