"Tanya, the subway in our hometown is flooded." "Oh you have even subway in your hometown?!" When my colleague Vera told me about it, I thought it was just ordinary heavy rain, and I also made fun of her, and didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. . Unexpectedly, in the next few days, the overwhelming news was reporting about this matter.
"My sister is in Zhengzhou. There was a power outage in her community. There was no power on her mobile phone yesterday, and it was not be able to charge even till today."
"My relatives and friends in Zhengzhou are okay, and they won't go out in the rain for the time being. Now Zhengzhou has entered a state of first-level combat readiness for special natural disasters. This is the first time that Zhengzhou has entered a state of first-level combat readiness since the founding of the People's Republic of China. I pray that the rescue and transfer work will go smoothly."
On July 22, "Twelve people were killed in the subway due to heavy rains in Zhengzhou, the reasons are announced"
On July 29, heavy rain in Henan has killed 99 people
On August 1st, 302 people were killed in Henan due to extreme floods
While the floods in Henan continued to escalate, Chinese people also extended their helping hands, from ordinary citizens to corporate donations, from mineral water, instant noodles to large donations, and social donations amounted to several billion yuan in just one week. The love and unity of the Chinese people is becoming more and more obvious in times of crisis.
What is even more impressive is the vivid scenes of saving people:
A forklift driver in Zhengzhou rescued the masses during the heavy rain. When the fire truck was trapped by chance, the forklift driver rescued the trapped fire truck.
On July 21, 2021, the owner of a hotel in Shandong posted a notice saying that he would go to Henan to fight the floods and suspend business for one day.
On the evening of July 20, 2021, Li Bin, the bus captain of Zhengzhou Bus 900, who was standing at his post on Jiefang Road, continued to accommodate pedestrians who could not return home to spend the night in the carriage.
On July 21, 2021, a Hefei netizen posted on Weibo that the hair stylist who had cut her hair for six years went to Henan for rescue.
More than 50 people on a tourist bus in Zhengzhou were trapped under the viaduct without eating or drinking for more than ten hours. Dong Yuelei, a Shandong guy, met them on the way to rescue and gave instant noodles and mineral water in the car to the people.
On July 21, 2021, after the heavy rain in Zhoukou, Henan, a young boy cleared the silt with his bare hands beside the sewer[80].
Although people are becoming more and more self-conscious and impetuous in today's society, what we see in the disaster situation is everyone's love and kindness.
The leaders of our company also gave condolences to the colleagues of the company as soon as the disaster appeared, and they were relieved to learn that everyone's family members are good.
May Henan complete the post-disaster reconstruction as soon as possible, and wish that love will always be spilled over the world.
