Cctv news(Reporter Sun Xiaoyuan): No one expected that it would rain so heavily. On the afternoon of July 20th, the rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan Province dropped for one month in one hour. Some people were trapped in the subway, some people looked at the tall buildings, some people waded forward, some people fell into the water and never stood up … …
On this day, floods poured into the subway, sewers surged up, cars floated on the streets, culvert water accumulated into rivers, and words such as flood control, emergency rescue and rescue quickly rushed to the hot search.
In this city hit by heavy rain, no one can stay out of it. CCTV reporters interviewed several Zhengzhou citizens, and their deepest memories still stayed on July 20th. These experiences and feelings from ordinary people pieced together and restored the storm, and also recorded the life trajectories of some people who were quietly changed.
On July 20, a rainstorm occurred in Zhengzhou. A passerby looked up.
"The outdoor water is nearly one meter deep, and no one can save the store … …”
On July 20, the rain hit my face and it hurt.
Zheng Yanhui of Erqi District, Zhengzhou, was hit by a hot search because he was hit by a guitar in a rainstorm. Weibo fans soared by 800, and praise and abuse poured in.
He told CCTV reporters that in fact, ordinary people can’t stand the hot search. Playing the guitar in the rainstorm that day was just a way of teasing themselves, but I didn’t expect to attract so much attention.
On the afternoon of the 20th, Zheng Yanhui waded through the knee-deep water. Pedestrians shouldered the road and avoided the electric car falling in the rain. When he hurried to the store, his head was covered.
"The water in the store has exceeded the calf, and the sewer has started to surge back. The whole person is desperate."
Looking at the mess all over the house, he didn’t know what he should do. "When I suddenly remembered Chopin’s piano music, I stood in the water and played Richard’s Dream Wedding. At that time, I especially wanted to call names … … Too weak. "
"Why the Wedding of Dreams?" "Because this is the only song!" He laughed.
Zheng yanhui
Zheng Yanhui lived in Zhengzhou intermittently for 11 years, and ran a western restaurant, mainly cooking French food. On the morning of the 20th, he simply fried two dishes and finished the Qixi menu, which was about to arrive soon.
At one o’clock in the afternoon, he looked out of the window, and it was raining harder and harder. Suddenly, I remembered that I had asked an apprentice to come over for an interview in the afternoon. He felt a little guilty and decided to take the risk to meet someone and prepare to retreat.
He told the CCTV reporter that when he received the person, the water in the culvert of the Second Ring Road had not passed the thigh root, almost 80 cm deep.
At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, he returned to the store to prepare for emergency rescue. "The camera frame and glasses have all been burnt off. Several other stores began to enter the water, and the scene was out of control. The water level rose too fast and the sandbags were completely useless. "
The tables, chairs and benches in Zheng Yanhui’s shop were all soaked in water. When he hurriedly transported wooden furniture and a bookcase of books, the water on the ground was more than 30 cm deep. At this time, the big brother in the supermarket next door is also getting confused: snacks, drinks, cigarettes, lighters … … All soaked in water, I don’t know which one to save.
A friend called to ask him to help look at his shop. "At that time, the outdoor water was nearly one meter deep, and no one could save the shop." He said.
The joys and sorrows of human beings are not interlinked. However, in the face of extreme weather, there must be some resonance. When all the habits are suddenly interrupted, the influence of heavy rain in Henan has gradually risen to a serious and heavy topic.
Surgery from delay to emergency transfer, "I don’t want to accompany my mother … …”
On July 20th, Dongsheng, who lives in Zhongyuan District, made three trips back and forth from home to the store. He usually walked for about 10 minutes, and he walked for nearly an hour.
On the same day, Dongsheng’s mother was preparing for surgery in Zhengda First Affiliated Hospital. In the morning, he rushed to the hospital early. By noon, the rain was getting bigger and bigger, and the neighbors of the store called to tell him that there was a power outage in the store.
He told the doctor, glanced at his mother who was infusion, and hurried to the shop.
Dongsheng and his mother
Dongsheng told the CCTV reporter that her mother’s heart was not very good, but she still planted a few acres of land at home. She just finished the summer harvest and sold the wheat, ready to come and treat the disease.
Dongsheng came out of rural Henan at the age of 13, and went to Jiangsu, Fujian and other places to work. He moved to many construction sites but didn’t earn much money. So far, he still has more than 30,000 yuan in wages to come back. Castroni, a hot pot which he rented last year, is located in the North Street of Coal Warehouse in Zhongyuan District.
The first time I went to the store in the rain, the water in the street had not passed my thigh. He looked at the surging water in the roadside sewer and tried to move forward step by step with experience.
"To tell you the truth, I was a little scared at that time. Cars are floating on the street, and the manhole covers on the road don’t know where they have been washed. "
Opening the shutter door of the shop, the water has been poured into the shop, and it is raining hard. He tried to sweep it out with a broom, but it was too late. There is no way, he can only close the shutter door and return to the hospital, bypassing a lot of roads. When he arrived at the hospital, the hospital called and said that the rain was seriously affected and the operation was delayed, so his family members should not come over for the time being.
At this time, Dongsheng’s sister Yanling had just finished collecting the fruit stand and was going to the hospital to accompany her mother for surgery. She told the CCTV reporter that when she went out, the water was about 50 cm deep, and the bigger she went down, the car could not be driven for 5 minutes. She got off the bus to check that the water depth had exceeded the root of her thigh. Dongsheng and the hospital called her at the same time and told her not to go there.
"After hearing the news, the whole person was blinded and didn’t know what to do." Yanling can only return to the fruit shop. When she opened the door, the water in the shop was already more than one meter deep.
Dongsheng’s hot pot Castroni suffered serious losses, and all five freezers were flooded. Walking is not, and there is nothing you can do without walking. He has been soaking in the water until ten o’clock in the evening. "I can only give up."
He told the CCTV reporter that if the store is not damaged, it can at least maintain a basic livelihood, but there is no way to deal with this natural disaster … …
At 12 o’clock in the evening on the 21st, the Affiliated Hospital of Zheng Dayi called. Because of the rainstorm, normal operation could not be guaranteed, Dongsheng’s mother needed to be transferred overnight. Later, Dongsheng’s sister Yanling sent a circle of friends: I have unspeakable pain in my heart, so I don’t want to go to the hospital to accompany my mother … …
After the founding of New China, there have been five provincial heavy rainfall processes in Henan history, and the most extreme one was the "July 8" torrential rain. According to Su Aifang, deputy director of Henan Meteorological Observatory, the intensity of the rainstorm process has reached a very strong level compared with before.
On July 20th, the maximum hourly rainfall in Zhengzhou exceeded the historical extreme of hourly rainfall in Chinese mainland, and the rainfall in one hour was equivalent to that in Beijing for half a year.
Three trees fell within a kilometer. "Zhengzhou has lived for 30 years, and this is the biggest rain."
Li Sixin, a citizen, has lived in Zhengzhou for 30 years. He said that he had seen many rainstorms, but July 20th was the biggest one.
Li sixin
On the morning of 20th, he went for a walk in Zijingshan Park as usual, and found that the covered bridge of the park was flooded, and the garden pumped the water to Jinshui River with a water pump. During the rainstorm, the water level of Jinshui River soared again, and the Jinshui River in front of Li Sixin was "choppy".
He told CCTV reporters that he could walk on the road when he went, and when he came back at noon, the water on the road began to deepen, and cars broke down in the water one after another.
At about 1 pm, when passing through the intersection of huanghe road and Jingba Road, a paulownia tree collapsed in front of his eyes. The trunk of the tree just hit the roof of the No.63 bus, and the bus could not move. Fortunately, it was narrowly missed and its branches were not inserted into the car.
Less than a kilometer away, three paulownia trees were blown down by the wind one after another and lay across the road. "Those trees were planted in the 1950s." He repeated it three times and sighed.
Back home, Li Sixin has been in a state of losing contact during the most rainy hours. A few hours after the communication was interrupted, all his messages came from the push messages of various apps and the windows at home that could see outside.
"I heard that the deepest water in Metro Line 5 reached people’s necks, and there was a landslide in a subway under construction in the East District, and the rain poured backwards … …” He kept asking and verifying.
"The bridge deck of Xintong Bridge on Beierqi Road collapsed in the rainstorm. Six patrol members in Jinshui District have been on the scene and have not eaten from morning to afternoon, because there is no food around, which is very hard." He said.
Because of the heavy rain, the elevator was temporarily closed. On July 21st, Li Sixin came down from the 19th floor and ran back and forth four times. "I am 57 years old and my legs are sore."
"Even if you live on the 27th floor, you have to walk down the stairs." He added.
The rations at home are running out, so he has to go downstairs to buy food. In the morning, tomatoes cost 1.60 yuan a catty, but in the afternoon they have risen to 2.50 yuan a catty, but in his view, a small price increase is acceptable.
Li Sixin walked around the supermarket and found that the price of pork did not increase significantly, but some citizens were still snapping up instant noodles. Because of the network interruption, many people are waiting in line to pay their bills with cash or POS machines.
He told the CCTV reporter that in this rainstorm, except for the elevator, there was no power cut, water cut and gas cut at home, but the network communication signal was intermittent.
On the afternoon of the 21st, the rain cleared in Jinshui District of Zhengzhou. Li Sixin sent a photo to CCTV reporter, "Everything comes down to daily life". Perhaps, the water and mud deep in the corner of the city have not receded, but the city is gradually recovering from the traffic and familiar noise. (The picture in the text comes from/interviewee)
