At least 25 people have died in China's flood-stricken central province of Henan, 12 of them in a subway line in its capital that was drenched by what weather officials called the heaviest rains in a thousand years reut.rs/3BrxKx9 1/5
About 100,000 people have been evacuated in Zhengzhou, the capital, where rail and road transport have been disrupted, while dams and reservoirs have swelled to warning levels 2/5
More than 500 people were pulled to safety from the flooded subway, authorities said, as social media images showed train commuters immersed in chest-deep waters in the dark and one station reduced to a large brown pool 3/5
More rain is forecast across Henan for the next three days, and the People's Liberation Army has sent more than 5,700 soldiers and personnel to help with search and rescue 4/5
The three days of rain matched a level seen only 'once in a thousand years,' the Zhengzhou weather bureau said.
Like recent heatwaves in the U.S and Canada, extreme flooding seen in Europe, the rainfall in China links to global warming, scientists say reut.rs/3iwlCCy 5/5
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