Category: china flooding

Epoch TV Review: Tunnel of Death

In the series China in Focus, the episode titled “How Many Died Inside the Tunnel” explores the disaster of the flooding of a traffic tunnel inside China’s city of Zhengzhou on July 20. China has been beset by problems of flooding, but this incident stands out as a tremendously deadly event that claimed many lives and…


Foreign Journalists in China Harassed Over Zhengzhou Flood Coverage

Foreign journalists covering the aftermath of flooding in central China’s Henan Province have been harassed by angry groups who’ve been encouraged by the communist authorities. Foreign journalists working for international outlets—such as Los Angeles Times, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, and AFP—have been harassed while covering the flooding’s aftermath. Last week, 12 million people in the city…


Driver Recalls Lucky Escape From Tunnel in Flooded Chinese City

As the Chinese city of Zhengzhou mops up after recent severe flooding, locals are telling their stories of survival. By July 24, the official death toll reached 58 across Henan Province, but the real figure may be much higher due to media censoring, according to a local who escaped from a submerged tunnel on July…


Yangtze Experiencing Serious Flooding as Water Exceeds Warning Levels at 5 Major Monitoring Stations

Floodwaters exceeded warning levels on May 22 across five major monitoring stations of the Yangtze River that runs from China’s west to east due to heavy rainfall in the past few days, according to state media Xinhua News Agency. The monitoring stations are mainly located in the middle and lower Xiang River section near Dongting Lake, Hunan…