12 killed in flooded subway as torrential rain hits central China
Al Jazeera
Authorities say city of Zhengzhou saw a year’s worth of rain in just three days, prompting thousands to evacuate.
Twelve people died in a flooded underground rail system in Zhengzhou, local authorities said, as torrential rain lashed China’s central province of Henan forcing tens of thousands to evacuate and leaving a dam at risk of collapse. Images shared on social media on Tuesday showed passengers up to their necks in water and clinging to the handrails inside a carriage on Zhengzhou’s subway. The city of more than 10 million people had “experienced a series of rare and heavy rainstorms, causing water to accumulate in Zhengzhou metro”, city officials said in a Weibo post on Wednesday, saying 12 people had died and five were injured.More Related News