Death toll in China's Henan flooding mounts to 302

The death toll from the rain-triggered unprecedented floods last month in China's Henan province has mounted to 302.

The death toll from last month's unprecedented flash floods triggered by the heaviest rainfall in a thousand years in central China's Henan province has climbed to 302, three times higher than the previous official figures. The Chinese government on Monday ordered a probe into the handling of the calamity.