Car 'graveyard' a monument to the power of China's record floods

This aerial photo taken on August 10, 2021 shows vehicles damaged by floods in July at a parking lot, some of which will be discarded, in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. STR / AFP

Endless rows of mud-caked vehicles damaged by deadly floods last month sit abandoned in a parking lot in Zhengzhou, an unwitting memorial to the power of the disaster that hit Henan province. The region is rebuilding after the deadliest floods in a decade wreaked havoc across the province mid-July, killing over 300 people and damaging thousands of cars and buildings. "We were forced to abandon our vehicles and leave when the waters rose," a Zhengzhou resident surnamed Wang said. At least 238,000 damaged vehicles have been sent to 'graveyards' like the one in the outskirts of Zhengzhou, head of Henan's insurance regulator Ma Chao told state broadcaster CCTV on Tuesday.