Some politicians already call them the “Millennium” floods.
In any case, since the creation of the surveillance system 60 years ago, the inhabitants of the province of Henan in central China had never experienced such a disaster.
A year of rain in three days fell in the region.
The images are terrible, apocalyptic.
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In Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan, a drone filmed dozens of vehicles washed away and piled up on a highway. The latest report shows at least 33 dead and eight missing. The government has already released 13 million euros in emergency aid to urgently support Henan.