TRAPPED TO DEATH Residents in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan Province, laid flowers to mourn the dead in the flooded Line 5 subway at the line’s Shakou Road exit on July 27, 2021. GLOBAL TIMES PHOTO
HENAN: The death toll from the subway flood tragedy on July 20 in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province, caused by torrential rain, has risen to 14 after two more bodies were found, the local government said.
However, families of the victims and netizens called for thorough investigations, and questioned the failure to provide an efficient and appropriate response, which they said had aggravated the disaster.