China announces large jump in death toll in recent floods to more than 300 people
A damaged bridge following heavy rains which caused severe flooding in Gongyi in China's central Henan province on July 21.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have announced a large jump in the death toll from recent floods. The Henan provincial government says 302 people died and 50 remain missing. The vast majority of the victims were in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, where 292 died and 47 are missing. Officials say 10 others died in three other cities. Record rainfall inundated Zhengzhou on July 20, turning streets into rushing rivers and flooding the subway system. Video posted online showed people trapped in subway cars as the waters rose. Fourteen people died in the subway flooding.
