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Flooding in China: the death toll has exceeded 30

In the city of Zhengzhou, powerful flooding

Over 250 thousand people have been evacuated to safe areas. But in total there are more than 3 million people in the disaster zone.

As a result of floods in China’s central province of Henan, the death toll has risen to 33. Xinhua citing data from local authorities on Thursday, 22 July.

It is indicated that about 3 million residents were in the disaster zone due to floods. Of these, 33 people were killed, eight were missing, 256 thousand people were evacuated to safe areas.

As a result of the natural disaster, over 215 thousand hectares of agricultural land were damaged. Material damage exceeded 12.2 billion yuan (about $ 188.9 million).

Recall that in the Chinese province of Henan, record rainfall led to large-scale flooding. In Zhengzhou city heavy rains flooded the subway… Then 13 people died.

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