China Floods: Due to the floods in China at this time, there has been a lot of devastation and dozens of people have died. The flood waters after heavy rains have flooded hospitals and roads. Which is causing a lot of trouble to the people.
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The death toll in China’s heaviest rain in 1,000 years has risen to 33, with eight people missing. Authorities in flood-hit Zhengzhou city are trying to rescue patients and medical workers trapped in hospitals by flood waters (China Floods Damage). Officials have given this information on Thursday.
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The provincial emergency management department said the torrential rains affected nearly three million people in Henan province, and a total of 3,76,000 locals were evacuated (China Slammed by Floods). Officials continued to try to evacuate patients from hospitals where flood waters entered, a day after the severe floods, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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Twelve people died and five others were injured as subway stations were flooded due to floods. On Tuesday night, rapidly rising flood water entered the subway train, causing the death of passengers. Two others died in the wall collapse (China Floods Latest News). In a video posted on Chinese social media, it is seen that flood water has reached the neck of the passengers trapped in the train and panicked passengers are waiting for help by holding the handlebars.
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The hospital’s vice president, Gao Chuanyu, told Xinhua, “1,075 patients, 69 of them in critical condition, are hospitalized.” The number of family members is around 1,300. According to the Xinhua report, crops have been damaged in more than 2,15,200 hectares due to heavy rains. Due to this there has been a direct economic loss of about 1.22 billion yuan (about 1886 million US dollars).
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Meteorologists say that such havoc of rain is rarely seen. The situation arising out of heavy rains has flooded public places and ‘subway tunnels’ in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital with a population of 12.6 million. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) blew up a damaged dam amid rising water levels in a river after its first heavy rain in over a thousand years to divert stored water.
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Several hospitals in Henan have been affected by the floods and patients, their families and medical workers are trapped inside. Flood water has entered Fuwai Hospital (China Flood 2021 Today). On Thursday, rescue workers started moving patients, their families and medical workers to other places. So far about five thousand people have been evacuated.
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In a video released by official media, rescue workers can be seen escaping people trapped in subway tunnels. In the video, cars and other vehicles are seen floating in the water, while in many other videos, people are seen collapsing on the roads and falling in them. Describing the flood situation as serious, President Xi Jinping ordered the deployment of the PLA and said that all levels of officials should give top priority to the safety of life and property.
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Xinhua quoted Xi as saying that the rain had aggravated the flood control situation, causing widespread waterlogging in Zhengzhou and other cities (China Floods Damage Pictures). The water in many rivers has reached dangerous levels. More than 160 passenger trains were stopped at Zhengzhoudong Railway Station. 260 flights were canceled at Zhengzhou airport.
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