1Severe flooding caused by heavy rains over the past three days in central China has killed at least 16 people and forced more than 200,000 people to evacuate to safer areas.
In the picture, an aerial view of a flooded avenue in Zhengzhou.
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2The storm has also forced the army to mobilize, given the threat of collapse of a dam near Zhengzhou, with 10 million inhabitants, capital of Henan province.
In the image, two people cross a flooded street in the city.
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3Aerial view showing the extent of the flooding after the rains in recent days in Zhengzhou.
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4Vehicles dragged by the force of water on a street in Zhengzhou.
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5From Saturday night until late Tuesday, 617 liters of rain fell in Zhengzhou, an amount that almost equals the annual average rainfall that is collected in this city.
In the image, a person passes near a submerged car, on a street in Zhengzhou.
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6Cars washed away by heavy rains in Zhengzhou this Thursday.
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7Two workers work to fix a transformer in Nanyang, Henan province.
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8The situation of dozens of reservoirs and dams is of particular concern to the Chinese authorities.
In addition to the risk of overflowing many of them, there are two dams whose walls have been cracked.
In Luoyang, a town of seven million people west of Zhengzhou, the Yihetan reservoir has a 20-meter crack in its retaining wall, as confirmed by the Chinese army in a statement, which warned that the dam “may collapse in any moment".
In the picture, two people on a street in Zhengzhou.
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9Two people push a van through the waters of a street in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province.
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10A traffic police officer guides residents across a flooded street with a rope in Zhengzhou.
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11Chinese President Xi Jinping has demanded in a circular that local authorities give the highest priority to guaranteeing the safety of the population and their property, and that measures to protect against floods be extreme. In the image, several citizens on a street in Zhengzhou. EFE
The floods in central China, in pictures
2021-07-21T15:29:51.012Z
Beijing mobilizes the Army in the face of the threat of the collapse of two dams in Henan province, near its capital, Zhengzhou, and the city of Luoyang
