Xi Jinping calls in PLA as unprecedented floods hit central China; 1 lakh evacuated

Chinese President Xi Jinping deploys the Army to rescue people in flood-hit central China. At least 13 people have been killed and over a lakh evacuated in the Henan province due to heavy floods.

At least 13 people were killed and over a lakh evacuated in China’s central Henan province hit by the heaviest rainfall in 1,000 years, prompting President Xi Jinping on Wednesday to deploy the Army to rescue those trapped in inundated subways, hotels and public places, amid fears of collapse of a dam posing flood risk to the provincial capital. The massive floods, described by meteorologists as a once-in-a-lifetime event, has resulted in apocalyptic scenes in the provincial capital Zhengzhou, a metropolis of 12.6 million, with its public avenues and subway tunnels getting submerged with surging waters.