July 25, 2021
published at 5:40 AMReuters
People ride on a front loader as they make their way through a flooded road following heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China July 23, 2021.
REUTERS/Aly Song
ZHENGZHOU, China - Workers driving construction vehicles helped to rescue stranded residents and deliver food to those still trapped on Friday (July 23) after days of torrential rain swamped the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou.
As floodwaters began to recede, rescuers in the city of 12 million used digger trucks, inflatable boats and makeshift rafts to transport some residents to dry land and deliver provisions to others in high-rise apartment blocks.