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"The rainwater is continuing to rise and my mobile phone is about to run out of battery. I don't know whether this will be my last post," Ding Xiaopei said in a video on Tuesday evening.
More than 800 passengers stranded on a train for 40 hours due to the heavy rain in Henan province are safe and have been given food and water, according to railway authorities.
Chen Tao, chief forecaster at the National Meteorological Center, said abundant water vapor brought by Typhoon In-Fa and the province's special topography led to Henan's rain.
President Xi has urged all-out efforts to carry out flood prevention and rescue work to protect people's lives and property, requiring officials to work on the front line to speedily mobilize all available resources.
After extremely heavy rains hit Central China's Zhengzhou since Tuesday, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in the city has been suffering from shortage of water and electricity supply.
As heavy downpours lashed Central China’s Henan province, rescue and support workers from all over the country rushed to the front lines, assisting in disaster-relief endeavors. Check out the video for more.
The People's Liberation Army has deployed more than 5,700 troops and militiamen in Central China's Henan province as of 3 pm on Wednesday to take part in disaster-relief efforts in the flood-stricken province.
A group of retail firms has pledged to make donations in cash and material supplies to disaster-stricken people in Central China's Henan province on Wednesday, after heavy rainfall caused casualties and property losses.
A team headed by a vice-minister of emergency management has rushed to Zhengzhou to guide disaster relief work after the Henan provincial capital in Central China was battered by historically rare torrential rains.
Traffic has been heavily affected by the downpour that hit Zhengzhou in Central China's Henan province, causing several freeways to close and train services to halt.
The death toll has climbed to 25 in Zhengzhou, Henan province due to torrential rain since Friday, with seven more missing, local authorities said.
The Red Cross Society of China said on Wednesday that it had dispatched a working group to Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, to help the region tackle heavy rainfall and provide emergency aid to people affected.
Many passengers were trapped on Tuesday in subway cars on Metro Line 5 in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, after heavy rainfall hit the city.
Rescue operation is still underway in the city of Gongyi, as four deaths were reported in rain-triggered disasters.
A raft of China's technology companies are pledging donations and emergency aid services to flood relief efforts in Central China's Henan province, where torrential rainfall has swamped parts of the province and killed at least 12 people in the capital city of Zhengzhou.
Check out the video, showing a team of Chinese soldiers exploding a bank to discharge the floodwater in a river despite the heavy rain in Central China's Henan province.
A police officer assists residents crossing the road by a rope amid heavy rainfall in a crossroad of Dongfeng road and Huayuan road in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province, on July 20, 2021. Heavy rainfall has caused floods in Zhengzhou.
Airlines, railway operators and online travel platforms have launched special services to help passengers cancel trips or change their tickets during the torrential rains in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province.
Record rainfall ravages Zhengzhou, Henan
Electric power had been restored to the intensive care unit of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, Henan province as of 5 am on Wednesday, according to sources from the State Grid Zhengzhou Electric Power Company.
The record torrential rainfall in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, which has overwhelmed dams and triggered flood warnings for several rivers in the city, has left 12 people dead and forced about 100,000 to relocate, the provincial information office said on Wednesday.
Chinese authorities on Wednesday raised the emergency response for flood control to Level II, the second-highest level in the response system, as heavy downpours continued to lash the central China province of Henan.
Travel agencies are offering free ticket refunds and rebooking services to users whose tours have been affected by torrential rains in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province.
The People's Liberation Army has mobilized its forces in Henan province to take part in the disaster-relief efforts in the province that has been ravaged by torrential rains.
The Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched 1,800 firefighters from nearby regions to support disaster relief work in Henan province after historically rare torrential rains prompted the evacuation of local residents.
More than 144,000 residents have been affected by torrential rains in Central China's Henan province since Friday, and 10,152 have been relocated to safe places, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said on Tuesday.
As torrential rains stopped many train services in Central China's Henan province, railway operators have made great efforts to ensure the railway's safe operation and provide sufficient supplies to passengers who have been stranded onboard, national railway operator China State Railway Group said on Wednesday.
Subway stations have been submerged Tuesday, and some passengers were trapped in a train in Zhengzhou, Henan province, Central China, as continuous heavy rains has brought severe flooding. A video shows that local rescue teams arrived at the scene and took quick action for an intensive rescue mission. So far, 12 people were reported to have died in Zhengzhou.
Central China's Henan Province on Wednesday initiated the highest level emergency response to floods, as rain-triggered disasters have caused 12 deaths.
A total of 12 people have been killed in the torrential rains in the downtown area of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of central China's Henan Province, the local government said.
China's national observatory on Friday renewed a yellow alert for rainstorms in many parts of the country and called for taking precautionary measures.
