Trains are suspended, highways are closed, and flights are either delayed or canceled.
Due to the onset of high water, the fastenings of the local dam were destroyed / REUTERS
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As a consequence floods in china 12 people died and more than 100 thousand residents were evacuated from the affected areas.
It is reported by Reuters.
On the eve, significant parts of the central Chinese province of Henan were under water due to the strongest rain in the last thousand years.
In a city with a population of over 12 million, more than 100,000 citizens had to be evacuated to safe places.
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Roads near a dozen densely populated areas have been flooded. The video on social networks shows how residents, holding hands, cross the streets through the rapid flow of water.
Zhengzhou received 617.1 mm of rainfall from Saturday evening to Tuesday, compared with an annual average of 640.8 mm in the region.
As a result of the floods in China, 12 people have already died / photo REUTERS
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Due to the onset of high water, the fastenings of the local dam were destroyed.
The President of the People’s Republic of China stated that it is becoming more and more difficult to eliminate the consequences of bad weather. As of Wednesday, Zhengzhou’s transportation system remained paralyzed, with schools and hospitals shutting down due to severe waterlogging. Some children have been trapped in kindergartens since Tuesday.
In China, due to heavy rains, there was a flood / photo REUTERS
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One of the central hospitals in the region with more than 7 thousand beds was de-energized, and the staff immediately looked for transport to transport about 600 seriously ill patients.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAc7zYDIWI
Forecasters predict heavy rain will continue until Wednesday, although rainfall in the province will still fall over the next three days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmygdXxV7_Y
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Yana Stavskaya
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