[Explanation] On July 20th, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province was affected by heavy rainfall. The single-day rainfall exceeded the historical extreme value, and the single-hour rainfall exceeded the daily historical extreme value. The rainfall caused serious waterlogging in the urban area of Zhengzhou and interrupted traffic in the city. Water and electricity outages in the community.
After the heavy rain, on the 21st, when Zhang Dongshi, who lives in the Yuxiang Public Rental Housing Community in Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou City, walked out of his home, the water in the community was already deep, and the deepest point had reached his chest.
But in order to retrieve the car he was trapped in a side street yesterday, he went out to check the vehicle. He passed by in shallow water, and "swimmed 100 meters" in deep water.
[Concurrent] Zhang Dongshi, a resident of Yuxiang Public Rental Housing Community, Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou City
Because the water level was not particularly high yesterday, I just flooded my knees, and then waded back directly.
Unexpectedly, after coming this night, my car was almost flooded.
(Swimming) It must be about 100 meters. Basically, the water level is very deep. Then I took off my jacket and swam directly along the water.
[Explanation] Affected by the heavy rain, Zhang Dongshi’s community has no water, electricity or internet yet, but he also frankly said that because he has confidence in the government, he is not panicked.
[Concurrent] Zhang Dongshi, a resident of Yuxiang Public Rental Housing Community, Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou City
The water level was indeed very high at the time, but I was thinking that someone would come over when it was really impossible to communicate.
Because our traffic is so developed now, Zhengzhou will definitely not say which place is affected by the disaster. The government does not care, there will definitely be rescue teams, so it was not particularly panic at the time.
To be honest, the car was flooded at the time. I didn’t look at my car. Then I felt I was lucky. The two cars in front of my car and behind were smashed by trees. The one in the middle of my car was not damaged. Damn, I still felt very lucky at the time.
[Explanation] With the arrival of rescue forces from all walks of life, the rescue and drainage work of the staff is also being carried out in an orderly manner, and the current urban traffic conditions are gradually recovering.
Zhang Dongshi also intends to cooperate with the municipal government and put into work as soon as possible to help the city return to normal as soon as possible.
[Concurrent] Zhang Dongshi, a resident of Yuxiang Public Rental Housing Community, Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou City
I am now doing our shared bicycles. Because the rain is too heavy, the shared bicycles in many areas of Zhengzhou are floating around in the water, floating back and forth, and now it completely affects the traffic, so I said to cooperate with the municipal government as much as possible, and then this The work is done.
Reporting from Zhengzhou, Henan by reporter Xu Pengpeng, Lang Lang and Shan Lu
Editor in charge: [Zhang Aolin]