Sharjah24 – AFP: Twelve people died after torrential rains flooded a subway in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, authorities said Wednesday, as shocking images showed passengers struggling against chest-high water inside a train carriage.
Soldiers are leading the rescue in the city of more than 10 million people in Henan province, which has been hit by record rains which inundated the streets and the subway.
The city has experienced "a series of rare and heavy rainstorms, causing water to accumulate in Zhengzhou metro", city officials said in a Weibo post
The post said 12 people died and five were injured, while hundreds were rescued from the subway.
Nerve-shredding images shared on social media showed passengers contending with the fast-rising waters inside a train carriage, as local media reported rescuers were forced to cut open the roof of the coach to pull people to safety.
Others showed dramatic rescues of pedestrians in Zhengzhou from torrents gushing through the streets.
Relatives outside the city made anxious pleas on China's Weibo for information as communications to the city went down.
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