Central China's Zhengzhou lashed by record rainstorms

Residents also are busy cleaning up water which has flooded their buildings.

Efforts are being made to fix the water and power supplies.

Wang said water under a flyover near his community rose to nearly the height of an average person at around 7 pm last night. He saved four drowning girls from the water, with the help of three other passersby.

Feng Xiaojie contributed to this story.