At least 13 people were killed and over a lakh evacuated in China’s central Henan province hit by the heaviest rainfall in 1,000 years, prompting President Xi Jinping on Wednesday to deploy the Army
Vehicles are stranded after a heavy downpour in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province. Heavy flooding has hit central China following unusually heavy rains, with the subway system in the city of Zhengzhou inundated with rushing water.
24Unprecedented Floods Hit Central China
Heavy downpour in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province. Heavy flooding has hit central China following unusually heavy rains, with the subway system in the city of Zhengzhou inundated with rushing water.
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34Unprecedented Floods Hit Central China
People move through flood water after a heavy downpour in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province.
44Unprecedented Floods Hit Central China
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, staff members set up warning signs with the words "Danger!" at a waterlogged area in Wuzhi County in central China's Henan Province. At least a dozen people died in severe flooding in a Chinese provincial capital that trapped people in subways and schools, washed away vehicles and stranded people in their workplaces overnight.