33 dead, 8 missing in China's flood-hit Henan
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In this aerial photo, firefighters pump rainwater out of a road in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on July 21, 2021.
Torrential rain has affected about 3 million people in central China's Henan Province, with 33 reported dead and eight still missing as of 4am Thursday, local authorities said.
A total of 376,000 local residents have been relocated to safe places, said the provincial emergency management department.
Rainwater has damaged more than 215,200 hectares of crops, causing a direct economic loss of about 1.22 billion yuan (about US$188.6 million).
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Firefighters pump rainwater out of a road in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on July 21, 2021.
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