Flooding prompts evacuation of 141 residents in Zhengzhou zone

ReutersFri, July 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTC1 min readAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.

BEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - Rescue workers evacuated 141 residents from a densely industrial district ‌on the outskirts of Zhengzhou in central ‌China, home to a giant iPhone plant, on Friday ​after heavy rain triggered flooding that state media said reached neck level in some areas.

• Multiple roads and villages in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy ‌Zone were flooded, ⁠trapping some residents in their homes, on rooftops and atop their cars, ⁠state broadcaster CCTV said.

• Firefighters used an excavator to evacuate 80 residents in batches, with people ​standing in ​the excavator bucket, ​CCTV said.

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• No casualties ‌have been reported.

• Rescue teams also mobilised 21 boats to bring those trapped to safety.

• On Thursday night, Zhengzhou's municipal government issued an alert warning of torrential rain, potential flooding and ‌mudslides.

• The economy zone developed ​around Zhengzhou International Airport ​in the Henan ​province is home to Foxconn's Zhengzhou ‌plant, the world's largest iPhone ​manufacturing facility.

• ​In 2021, extreme rainfall and flooding claimed the lives of at least 292 people in ​Zhengzhou, including ‌14 who drowned in the city's subway ​system.

(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen and Ryan Woo, ​editing by Andrei Khalip)