Massive flooding struck the city of Zhengzhou and areas of Henan. As many as 33 people have lost their lives in the catastrophic flooding in Henan province in central China. A total of 34 000 homes collapsed and over 1.76 million hectares (4.34 million acres) of crops were damaged. Chinas national government launched the Sponge City Programme in 2013 to. According to data released by Chinas Ministry of Emergency Management, a total of 19.91 million people have been affected by floods since the beginning of flood season this summer. A recent global outburst flood review contained few cases in China (OConnor et al., 2013), and a related review in China only considered moraine lake outburst floods (Xu and Feng, 1988). A massive 120 million were affected by flooding across the country in 2013. China Over 350,000 Evacuated, 33 Dead, 8 Missing After Zhengzhou and Henan Floods. cities, meaning flooding and contamination of the water supply are common.1. It said more than 600 patients were being transferred to other hospitals. Outburst floods are especially prevalent in the margins of the Tibetan Plateau due to high relief, narrow river gorges and threshold hillslopes (Fig. Sections of 26 highways were closed due to the rain, the Transport Ministry said on its social media account.Ī blackout shut down ventilators at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, forcing staff to use hand-pumped airbags to help patients breathe, according to the city's Communist Party committee. The disaster comes just months after powerful floods ravaged the central Chinese province of Henan in July, killing more than 300 people, including 14 who drowned in a subway tunnel after the. Trains halted, sections of highways closedĪt least 10 trains carrying about 10,000 passengers were halted, including three for more than 40 hours, according to Caixin, a business news magazine. Transport and working life have been disrupted throughout the province, with torrents of rain turning streets into rapidly flowing rivers, washing away cars and rising into people's homes. Flooding’s impact on shallow groundwater is not well investigated. (Chinatopix)įootage posted on Twitter by news site The Paper showed subway passengers standing in chest-high muddy brown water as torrents raged in the tunnel outside. SHANGHAI, July 11 (Reuters) - Heavy rains and flooding have forced thousands of people to evacuate in Chinas southwestern province of Sichuan, with authorities on Sunday urging citizens. People tried to walk and bike through the flooded streets.
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