Horrible to see flood devastation from the heavy rains (~year’s worth of rain in 3 days, >617mm) in Zhengzhou #郑州—20 July 2021 panorama view of Henan’s #河南 provincial capital city. (郑州市被淹全景). A city of ~11M residents—death toll remains unknown.
What some refer to as the cradle of Chinese civilization—Henan #河南 has seen it’s heaviest rains in 1,000yrs. Dozens of cities are flooded w/unknown death toll. PLA has issued a warning that Luoyang’s #洛阳 Yihetan dam #伊河滩大坝 (west of Zhengzhou) could collapse at any time".
PLA regional troops reported the downpour has caused a 20m breach in the Yihetan #伊河滩 dam in Luoyang #洛阳—a city w/a population of ~7M, which risks “collapse at any time”. Authorities have dispatched soldiers to conduct emergency response incl blasting & flood diversion.
Devastation across Henan Province #河南省 from the torrential rains over the past 3 days (>617mm of rain fell in ~72hrs)—where average annual rainfall is ~640.8 mm, h/t @ZichenWanghere #Chinaflood #Henan #Zhengzhouflood #Zhengzhou
Aside from Tuesday’s, Zhengzhou Dengfeng Power Group’s #登封电力集团 aluminum alloy plant explosion—plant had a 60,000t annual capacity for alloy rods, high-silicon aluminum alloy & titanium products; rain conts to be the ⬆️ concern among local officials
After 3 days of rain, three (3) dams reportedly collapsed in the last ~48hrs in Henan Province #河南—reports Guojiaju #郭家咀 Dam collapsed at 01:30 local time Wed (1730 UTC Tues); poss Changzhuang #常庄 Dam, & a 3rd U/I dam; all likely nr Zhengzhou #郑州.
Other parts of China have also been affected incl: Sichuan, Anhui, Hunan, Inner Mongolia etc—reportedly 46 rivers in 14 provinces across the country have ~flooding—as rains take a tremendous toll on the country.
#ChinaFloods #河南 #郑州 #洪水 #Zhengzhou
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