A total of 12 people have been killed in the torrential rains in the downtown area of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of central China's Henan province, the local government said.

当地政府称，位于华中地区的河南省省会郑州市市区发生的暴雨中，已共有12人死亡。

About 100,000 people have been relocated to safe places, it added.

当地政府补充到，约10万人已被转移到安全地带。

The accumulated rainfall reached 449 mm on average in Zhengzhou from 6 pm Sunday to midnight Tuesday. Both Henan provincial and Zhengzhou municipal meteorological bureaus have raised the emergency response for meteorological disasters to level I.

周日下午6点到星期二午夜，郑州的累计平均降水量达到449毫米。河南省和郑州市气象局都将水旱灾害防御应急响应提升为I级。

More than 160 trains stopped services at Zhengzhoudong Railway Station, stranding a large number of passengers.
郑州东站160多趟列车停运，造成大量旅客滞留。

Heavy rains in Henan are expected to last until Wednesday night, according to forecasts.

据预测，河南的强降水将持续到周三夜间。

"This kind of rainfall is usually seen once in 100 years. The situation is grim," a media release from Zhengzhou's flood control headquarters said.

“此次郑州遭遇的是百年不遇的强降水，形势严峻。”郑州市防汛抗旱指挥部发文称。

Many areas in northern parts of the country, including northern and western Henan province and northern Hebei province, are forecast to experience torrential rains from Tuesday to Wednesday, the National Meteorological Center said.

国家气象中心称，华北地区多地，包括河南北部和西部以及河北北部地区，预计从周二到周三将迎来暴雨。

▲ A car is inundated by rainwater in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, July 20, 2021. Photo/Xinhua

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揪心！罕见暴雨已致郑州12人死亡｜ 12 killed in heavy rain in China's Zhengzhou