However, when the commuters reached the subway cars, the water had already reached their waists – and it kept rising as more water entered the tunnel and the carriage through gaps between the subway car doors.
Subway staff had initially instructed passengers to leave the train and evacuate through the tunnel, but were soon told to head back due to gushing floodwater ahead, the CNN report added. In a post on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, a woman said water began to seep into the carriage soon after it stopped between two stations. Notably, the incident unfolded during the evening rush hour on Tuesday wherein several passengers were trapped after rising rainwater entered into the tunnel and seeped inside the trains. In interviews with local media, and on social media, some survivors have now shared how water entered and caused disaster on the underground Line 5 of the Zhengzhou subway, CNN reported. In Henan’s capital Zhengzhou – home to 12 million people - as many as 12 people were killed after they were trapped for hours on a flooded subway line. Several thousand who are trapped are reportedly being evacuated. Henan, which is China’s most populous province, has been worst affected. Henan, which is China's most populous province, has been the worst-hit due to the flood triggered by torrential rains. Torrential rains triggered landslides and the floods, leading inundated neighbourhoods, trapped passengers in subway cars, and even overflowing dams. As many as 33 people reportedly died and several still remain missing as rescue operations continue following the worst flood in China in 1,000 years.
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