RAGING WATERS: New video shows floodwaters surging into buildings and sweeping vehicles away in China, where several people have been killed by floods in recent days.
ABC News' Britt Clennett reports on the severe flash flooding in parts of China, resulting in at least 25 dead, hundreds of thousands displaced, and many trapped in need of rescue.'s central city of Zhengzhou killed at least 25 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others.
The city is home to more than 10 million people and is one of China's major transportation and logistical hubs, connecting the countryside to the rest of the nation.The floods are now threatening to disrupt the food security and supply chain in the region, where major roadways have been transformed into riverbanks. Footage from the ground shows cars floating above the muddy floodwater.
More video from the region shows rescue workers at schools, placing kindergarteners in plastic buckets to float them to safety.Another clip from China's state television channel shows passengers in a subway car, trapped with water up to their chest. At least a dozen people died in the city's underground tunnels, with at least seven more still missing. More than 500 people were eventually rescued.
The floods also caused a massive explosion at an aluminium alloy plant in Henan province. No casualties were reported.
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