Xing, a shop owner at Yubei Agricultural and Aquatic Products World, walks in floodwaters at the market in Xinxiang in central China’s Henan Province (Dake Kang/AP)More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, authorities said, three times the previously announced toll. The vast majority of the victims were in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, where 292 died and 47 are missing. The death toll remained at six in an expressway tunnel from which 247 vehicles were removed as it was drained. Wang Kai, the governor of Henan province, expressed deep condolences to the victims and sympathies to the families on behalf of the Henan Communist Party committee. Expand Close A bulldozer drives along a flooded street in Xinxiang in central China’s Henan province (Dake Kang/AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp A bulldozer drives along a flooded street in Xinxiang in central China’s Henan province (Dake Kang/AP)The rains headed north in the following days, hitting the Henan cities of Hebi, Anyang and Xinxiang.

Source: Irish Independent August 02, 2021 12:00 UTC