Passengers Trapped Inside Train Amid Severe Floods In China, 12 Killed

Shocking images of passengers struggling against neck-high water inside a train carriage in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou emerged on social media.

Twelve people died after torrential rains flooded the subway in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, authorities said Wednesday, as shocking images of passengers struggling against neck-high water inside a train carriage emerged on social media. The city of more than 10 million people in Henan province "has experienced a series of rare and heavy rainstorms, causing water to accumulate in Zhengzhou metro", city officials said in a Weibo post, adding 12 people died and five were injured. Authorities have issued the highest warning level for Henan province as record floods hammer the province. Seasonal floods are common in China, but scientists say climate change is bringing increasingly extreme weather patterns.