Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from flood-hit regions of central China as officials raised the death toll from heavy rain that has deluged Henan province for almost a week to 33 people
More cities were inundated and crops destroyed as the severe weather spread northwards, with the official Xinhua news agency reporting direct economic losses of 1.22 billion yuan .
In Zhengzhou, where the bad weather reached a peak on Tuesday, the skies had cleared although floodwaters were still at waist height, or higher, with entire streets underwater in many areas. "Last time, Sichuan had an the earthquake. Now it's flooding here. Today, you help me, tomorrow, I'll help you."
"Some of them don't want to come out if they have food," the rescuer said. "Because when they do come out, there's no place for them to go. But those without food would come out willingly."
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