READ ALSO: Nearly 200,000 Evacuated In Central China Flooding This photo taken on Jshows a man riding a bicycle through flood waters along a street following heavy rains in Zhengzhou in China’s central Henan province. “We have already entered the critical stage of flood control, leaders and cadres from all walks of life must… take the lead in commanding, quickly organise forces for flood protection and disaster rescue.” “Some reservoirs had their dams burst… causing serious injury, loss of life and property damage,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Soldiers have been deployed to other rivers nearby to reinforce embankments with sandbags as the floods fanned out across Henan and warnings were issued of other near breaches of dams.

the riverbank was severely damaged” it added in the statement. “On July 20, a 20-metre breach occurred at the Yihetan dam….

The PLA’s Central Theater Command said it had sent soldiers to carry out an emergency response including blasting and flood diversion. The regional unit of the People’s Liberation Army alerted Tuesday that the relentless downpour had caused a 20-metre breach in the Yihetan dam in Luoyang - a city of around seven million people. As the scale of the disaster continued to unspool on Wednesday, the Chinese army warned that a stricken dam around an hour from Zhengzhou city “could collapse at any time” after being severely damaged in torrential storms.

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