The torrential rains in July weren't just deadly in Europe.
Around July 20 in Zhengzhou, the capital of central China's Henan Province, the equivalent of nearly a year of precipitation fell in three days.
Unheard of in six decades of meteorological records.
Some politicians already call them the “Millennium” floods.
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Last Thursday, local authorities reported 99 dead.
Monday, the balance sheet was suddenly revised upwards: they now count 302 dead, triple, and 50 missing.
A subway train had been swallowed up, killing at least 14 among some 500 passengers trapped during rush hour.
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The rain had also submerged a road tunnel, sweeping away dozens of cars and turning the streets into torrents of mud.
More than 376,000 inhabitants had to be evacuated.
90 km from Zhengzhou, part of the inhabitants of Xinxiang, cut off from the world and surrounded by water, were also evacuated.
The floods "extremely serious" in the words of President Xi Jinping, caused the collapse of houses, reports the People's Daily, the organ of the ruling Communist Party.
Since then, hundreds of maintenance workers, firefighters and repairmen have been busy clearing the damage.
Water and electricity cuts, blocked roads, collapsed dams… The material balance is also very important.
While more than 200,000 ha of crops have been swallowed up, the damage is estimated at 1.22 billion yuan (160 million euros).
At the same time, the government released emergency aid worth 100 million yuan (13 million euros) for Henan.