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In this July 27, 2021, record photo, bouquets of flowers are placed extracurricular the entranceway to a subway presumption successful Zhengzhou successful cardinal China's Henan Province, wherever galore radical died aft a record-breaking downpour flooded the area. Chinese authorities person announced a immense leap successful the decease toll from caller floods. The Henan state authorities said Monday, Aug. 1, 2021, that implicit 300 radical died and astatine slightest 50 stay missing. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)

BEIJING – More than 300 radical died successful caller flooding successful cardinal China, authorities said Monday, 3 times the antecedently announced toll.

The Henan provincial authorities said 302 radical died and 50 stay missing. The immense bulk of the victims were successful Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, wherever 292 died and 47 are missing. Ten others died successful 3 different cities, officials said astatine a quality league successful Zhengzhou.

Record rainfall inundated the metropolis connected July 20, turning streets into rushing rivers and flooding astatine slightest portion of a subway line. Video posted online showed vehicles being washed distant and hopeless radical trapped successful subway cars arsenic the waters rose. Fourteen radical died successful the subway flooding.

The previous decease toll, announced Friday, was 99.

Authorities said 189 radical were killed by floods and mudslides, 54 successful location collapses and 39 successful underground areas specified arsenic basements and garages and including those connected subway Line 5. The decease toll remained astatine six successful an expressway passageway from which 247 vehicles were removed arsenic it was drained.

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Wang Kai, the politician of Henan province, expressed heavy condolences to the victims and sympathies to the families connected behalf of the Henan Communist Party committee.

The worst came aft Zhengzhou was deed by 20 centimeters (8 inches) of rainfall successful 1 hr starting astatine 4 p.m. connected July 20, overwhelming the already drenched city. Children were trapped successful schools, and stranded radical stayed successful their workplaces overnight.

The rains headed northbound successful the pursuing days, hitting the Henan cities of Hebi, Anyang and Xinxiang. Seven radical died and 3 are missing successful Xinxiang, wherever grounds rains dropped much than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of h2o successful a 19-hour period. Henan is an inland region astir 620 kilometers (380 miles) southwest of Beijing.

Authorities said that astir 250,000 hectares (625,000 acres) of crops were destroyed and person estimated losses astatine much than 90 cardinal yuan ($14 billion). About 1.5 cardinal radical were evacuated due to the fact that of the rains and flooding.

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The cardinal authorities has acceptable up an probe squad to measure the catastrophe response, summarize the lessons from it and clasp accountable anyone blameworthy of dereliction of duty, Chinese media said.

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