500 People Trapped in a Submerged Subway
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2024
- The in-depth story of the Zhengzhou Metro Line 5 Flooding Disaster 2021. A subway ride home quickly turns into a nightmare when over five hundred passengers get trapped in a flooded tunnel between two stations.
But how could such a life-threatening situation possibly unfold on a routine subway commute?
Why was there no emergency response?
And was this a natural disaster or a man-made catastrophe after all?
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imagine the only way to seek help was post it on social media, and then your post got censored......
Thats China for you...
China is only a testing ground for the US@@XBLnerd1
LMAO I shouldn’t be laughing… but you know….
@@XBLnerd1as if American social media hasn't and doesn't do the same thing with this kind of content. cool it with the sinophobia, jackass
keep drinking that propaganda juice like a good idiot 😊
You could not pay me any amount of money to get in an underground subway during some of the worst flooding in decades
Yeah real smooth brain idea to get in an underground tube during the worst flooding in decades. It's about as dumb as waiting in the tube to drown
@@TehPwnerer not always rush decisions save lives, on this channel was the video "The Kaprun Alpine Railway Disaster 2000", a railway train was on fire and many people chose to evacuate to the top and choked the smoke, a small percentage of people went down and was survived
This is in a country that believes communism actually works. Brains aren't in high demand there. Their power grid is almost as bad as India.
You should be ok there are safety measures in place
I thought Asian people were supposed to be smart ?
The subway would be the LAST place id go with the city flood.
Same here.
if you ride a subway in america you should reconsider your life
The thing is tho, this ain’t america, so you’d probably actually trust it as the only place for shelter, as otherwise you had to stay above ground and also get drowned
@@vans617why?
of course this happened in china, the country with the most dogshit infrustructure but the most billionaires.
The outward opening doors are probably what helped save them. The rush of water from the doors collapsing would have led to a higher loss of life.
This comment gave me Rollercoaster Tycoon sadist vibes
@@nicholaslogan6840bro 😂
True. The water pressure was keeping the doors closed and sealed.
There are several types of door- the outwards plug door, the external sliding door and the pocket door. External sliding doors and pocket doors do not seal as well a plug doors therefore they'd be more prone to leaking and allowing water into the passenger cabin.
I'm glad most of the people inside the train lived to tell what happened. Imagine, being trapped in a flooded tunnel for four fucking hours with oxygen levels and body temperature quickly decreasing...holy fuck.
Yeah, but many in the subway station died (definitely not just a dozen) and in a highway tunnel that flooded completely 1000+ died and the government keeps covering it up. The people can't even properly mourn their loved ones because officially they didn't die.
@@phantagirlable yeah, its a horrible place.
@@sdHansy The thing is, it's a very beautiful country with wonderful people and a great culture but the government is just evil. :(
@@phantagirlable That is unfortunately very typical to China, trying to cover things up instead of dealing with the problem directly.
@@phantagirlablethats wild but totally believable. I’m not gunna say things like that happen in the states but ruby ridge and waco make you wonder
I think the problem really is allowing line 5 to operate under such obviously extreme conditions.
For safety reasons, they should have just said "we'd better not".
Yes, tens of thousands of people used the subway when everything else failed. But it wouldn't be the end of the world if they had to stay at their workplace or whatever until the storm floods subsided.
Even if line 5 was never submerged, shutting it down would have been the right thing to do.
I got reminded of the 2002 flooding of Prague. It was the biggest flood to hit Prague in centuries. The subway system had similar ways to stop floodings as this one, with emergency sealing doors and the metro operated for a while. Luckily, the authorities decided to shut it down. Pretty much last minute, because the system failed to contain the flood and large portions of the system were flooded, in places only few minutes after the last passengers left the stations. The flood had took lifes, but nobody got hurt in the metro and the operator even managed to get almost all trains to safety in higher elevated stations. Only one train remained in the Florenc metro station and that one was destroyed. If the authorities did not stop the operating of the mtro, something very similar to this could have happened.
It's best to avoid doing anything underground during a record flood.
If they had the proper infrastructure over there, then this wouldn't have happened. The problem is that China is a country made of shortcuts. Their whole infrastructure is falling apart. Buildings and roads collapsing, only a few years old. No drainage / fake drainage.
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You expect the good little worker ants in China to understand that? All common sense has been pushed out of them, only left with trust for the Party.
Avoid things on the ground too.
Fact: The Great Blizzard of 1888 caused numerous electrical disruptions and fires that the City of New York decided to move electrical cables and train operations underground in prevention of another catastrophe.
Then those got Flooded out by a Hurricane....
@@RadicalKattastrophe
a flooded tunnel is much better than your entire city needing to be rewired after a bad blizzard.
@@RadicalKattastrophe you can just close the trains when there is a risk of flash flood. we have the technology.
@@I_am_a_cat_the companies with the city contract must’ve looked like that dude in the yellow jacket hand rubbing meme
@@RadicalKattastrophe at least during Sandy, the entire transportation network was shutdown and many of the most impacted stations were in areas that had evacuated.
I love how the thumbnail shows people trying to breath while one of them just stands there like its something they go through on a daily basis
Lol
yeah even it it was built perfectly i wouldnt be anywhere near an underground train station if theres flooding in the area
I don't get why people just can't stay at home for a day.
@@maxpro751Elites in all societies will have peoples heads if they miss out on profits even for just a day
was here in zhengzhou, but i was on line 4 instead of line 5, really well researched video thanks for talking about it, any questions you can ask me, i am a local
How many people died according to the local government?
@@JCO2002ever heard of a vpn
@@mm-ln9sw Yes, I use one with my Linux desktop and Starlink. That person doing it in China? No.
Lol this person in this comment is funny. I studied in China as a foreign student. VPN had me on RUclips all day every day
Knowing that something like this can re-occur and with little change been made, are you fearful or maybe anxious to ride the subway these days?
I can't imagine waiting an hour to tell someone about a flooding subway car with people trapped inside
I live in London, and I dread to think if the Deep tube Underground lines would flood. Cant imagine anyone will be able to rescue passengers in 200 year old tunnel designs. Police and rescue workers would takes 5 hours to get ONE station.
There are huge watertight gates at the ends of station tunnels in places on the deep Tube. As London lies in a giant basin, some flood defences have been factored in. I think there are also emergency spiral staircases up the ventshafts. In the Second World War, a bombing did cause a flood - I think about 60 people died. Thankfully no other floods.
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The police taking 5 hours part is true, but remember ww2 and the ways flooding was dealt with. Go to any northern line station and you'll see old flood barriers on the entrances, not to mention we live in a country that floods quite a bit, so there has to be stuff in place for when stuff really goes tits up, as the underground is kind of a huge backbone of trade and getting to work
@@retrosad unnecessarily condescending comment
@@crazyleyland5106 Have you seen those spiral staircases? I've had to use them before cuz the elevators were out. They're MASSIVE, like 10 stories of rickety uneven steps. In some places it's 16 stories deep, 67 meters, especially along the Northern line. Narrow, too. In an emergency, I don't think they'd be very useful. Most people these days are incredibly out of shape and would not be able to make the climb. People would collapse, and then there'd be blockages and crushes.
Best case scenario would be the ones causing the holdup would simply get trampled. Worst case is that no one gets through, and then, well....
@@retrosadmost people don’t notice stuff like this. You’re making it sound like the person’s an idiot for not knowing something so trivial.
Also, fix your tone please, it comes across rude.
Moral of the story: Close all train lines that are expected to be affected by severe floods, no exceptions.
It's weird to think that we americans knew about this when it came to Hurricane Sandy, Irene, and Francis in 2004, 2011, and 2012 respectively. And yet, China didn't bother with it because the citizens would panic??? I would rather have the citizens panic then to not be told of what the heck is happening outside and be taken by surprise.
"a little water never hurt anyone"
"yeah... but a lot can kill you"
Are you sure? Like positively sure?
@@AllergicFungus Wtf???
It's from Jumanji I believe. The quote. When the house floods.
@@BrianaCunningham Are you sure though?
@@AllergicFungus yeah I've watched it so many times as a kid I'm pretty sure yes.
One one hand, that is unbelievably terrifying... On the other hand, I would never consider going UNDERGROUND during a flood.
I think they didn’t have a choice. They just wanted to go home.
I guess the skytrain in van isn't such a dumb idea after all... Tho it does go underground a few times too
@@hannahkoa8950Catch an Uber.
That is so extremely scary! 😭 It must be so mentally and physically exhausting to think for so many hours that you were going to either suffocate or drown. Glad most people got out.
Imagine getting of at H station and heading home to your apartment.
Unaware you almost died.
We should trust and listen the meteorologists, here in monterrey mexico we had a alert for severe thunderstorms,but most of the rain or storms are outside of the city... so the people didnt take precautions,even the politics... well, that day in a political event a downbrust in less than 20min occured and the winds of 80 miles destroyed a provisional stage,killing 9 and 200 needed medical atention,this happened 4 days ago
I read about that, but it was just reported as the stage collapsing over here in Europe, no mention of the weather. Sounds like, they were lucky, it wasnt much worse ☹
@@dfuher968 downbrusts in Monterrey are rare, and when they ocurred they form outside of the city,this storm was formed between 2 large mountains( sierra madre montains and las mitras with altitudes up to 2km ) from west to east,and like a tunnel effect, the winds pick up speed up to 120km/h, crossing across the valley, most of santa catarina and san pedro municipalities suffers power outages and lost of water for days, and the accident itself,that day was sunny, 41c of temperature, and no winds
that moment when the weather man is the most trustworthy person in the news.
Here in the US, we get severe weather a lot this time of year. We were in a level 4 out of 5 risk of severe weather on Sunday. My husband and I always take the alert seriously, especially when made days in advance. And Sunday was just as bad as they predicted, we had a tornado touchdown within 25 miles of us, and we even saw the rotating funnel cloud that eventually produced the tornado.
Here in the US, we get severe weather a lot this time of year. We were in a level 4 out of 5 risk of severe weather on Sunday. My husband and I always take the alert seriously, especially when made days in advance. And Sunday was just as bad as they predicted, we had a tornado touchdown within 25 miles of us, and we even saw the rotating funnel cloud that eventually produced the tornado.
Not to make light, but this is nothing compared to recent flooding incidents in China. An underwater tunnel 5km long (*at least several klicks) , with bumper to bumper traffic, completely flooded in a matter of minutes...and China reported something like 5 deaths...
Based on math alone, up to or over 5k people would havbe been in that tunnel.
Even arrested grieving families asking about their missing relatives, and destroying any flowers or memorials for the victims. It's insane.
A subway is the last place I would go during a flooding... There is no way I am going underground if there is a flood at the surface!
True,best place to go is at an airport or a high but safe place
True,best place to go is at an airport or a high but safe place
Im glad I hadn't seen this when BART had a pitch black power outage right under San Francisco Bay after the 1989 earthquake. Longest 5 minutes of my life.
at least you werent on the bay bridge that collapsed. a bus almost went down with it and one car actually did
@LouisChang-le7xo I was supposed to be on the 880 deck that collapsed coming back from Napa that day, but changed my schedule to watch the world series. I don't even like baseball. Eerie.
Nearly 8 inches of rain in an hour... That's crazy. Think that's the highest since the 1950s.
a lot of ppl in the comments r blaming the passengers for their ‘stupid’ decision of taking the train, when it is even mentioned in the video how the authorities were neglectful of their citizens. its so easy to judge them when ure not in their situation no?
I used to ride the metro into work. I can imagine the desperation of water rising 😞
I wonder if they ever figured out what triggered the emergency breaking system the first time and why the driver couldn't override it to go in reverse later?
As water conducts electricity, obviously there's sensors & circuit-breakers in place to prevent the power shorting or causing permanent damage to equipment, as well as protecting people from electrocution!
@@stevie-ray2020 it probably interfered with the signalling system, but the train driver should have been able to override it
And NO mention of this in ANY mainstream news media .
That is because in China they do not report this. The only reason you are seeing it is because someone posted it on Western media which is a crime in China. Having a VPN on your phone can get you arrested yet you have to have one to get past China internet wall they put on the country.
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Why would anyone in their right mind go underground when there's a flood, let alone the worst flood they've had in years?
As a Chinese person, let me say this:
With the glaring exception of this case, the safest place to be in a Chinese city during any sort of natural disaster is the subway system. In the vast majority of cases.
@@samuelcheung4799 Why is that? Genuine question, I'm curious
@@oxfordcommaisthegreatest They are (normally, again with one glaring exception) very well and intricately designed (see Shanghai), with safety mechanisms that stop water (and bombs) from actually getting in (because millions of people use them). Obviously, we rely on these mechanisms pretty heavily. And if they are poorly managed, as they commonly are in inland Chinese cities like Zhengzhou, you have a recipe for disaster.
Here's a rule of thumb for China: The closer your city is to the coast, the more the government cares about it (free trade areas and all). The main reason being that the closer a Chinese city is to the ocean, the lower the likelihood for the CCP is to get away with disasters there. Exceptions are made for Chongqing, Chengdu, and Xi'an, because of their historical significance.
I say vast majority of cases, because the Chinese population (especially urban) clusters around the coast.
@@samuelcheung4799 Thank you for the detailed reply, that's very interesting.
This is literally my worst fear since I have Thalassophobia. If there is a heavy rainstorm coming, there is no way I am going anywhere at all. I’ll be at home with my family.
That kind of water will ruin anybodys day
Or their life.
Water is healthy for you though.
@@AllergicFungus Not unfiltered water. Even those nowhere close to human industrial waste disposal has its own dangers such as parasites and bacteria. You can catch dysentery or cholera from drinking unfiltered surface water
@@Temporal94 what is this, The Oregon Trail game?
You can only die of dysentery in that game because it's not a real thing.
/s
Not a fish...
This is a good example of the cultural difference between East Asia and many western nations.
In East Asia, causing a panic or inconveniencing people when there is no reason to is to be avoided at all costs. So, they err on the side of keeping things normal. But the western viewpoint tends to be life is more important than alarming and inconveniencing the public. So, we err on the side of safety.
For example New York City announced and shut down the subway ahead of Irene and Sandy due to the very real risk of catastrophic flooding. It was a major decision that had far reaching consequences. But when the tracks flooded during Sandy, it proved it was the right call to prevent further loss of life.
I think there are a plethora of examples of Western authorities failing to take proper precautions or warning the public
What a blanket statement of East Asian culture... have you heard of Boeing???? Two aircraft down with hundreds dead, multiple manufacturing defects, and two whistleblowers dead.
This isn’t really a cultural difference though. It’s just authorities ignoring warnings and negligence which are common in both east and the west side of the world.
Thank you for talking about this! The Chinese government keeps covering up the number of fatalities on that day! In a highway tunnel that flooded 1000+ people alone drowned. And the were videos taken by survivers in the subway station that flooded and dead people were lying around everywhere. There is no way on a dozen died in the subway.
Also, they wouldn't let the families near the area and refused to release the bodies.
Ok Falun Gong
@@SuperValue350 lol Okay, Wumao! 🤣 PS: You guys really suck at propaganda.
Lol falungong r the good guys. Get your story st8
" There is no way on a dozen died in the subway." yet no family came out to tell the tale even towards your cringe newspaper😂 bro is high on falun dafa
I love how they were walking slowly while recording with their phones on a super narrow path next to a dangerous water that already took one of them. Recording seems to be more valuable to them than saving their own lives
Honestly I think when a lot of us feel doomed anyway, the least we can do is show others how we went so maybe they won't be as unlucky. The ones recording are already gone in their minds my friend.
Focusing on the phone, not common sense thinking
@@freedomishavingachoice3020exactly, I would record aswell
When the CCP says 302 confirmed dead, you can safely add a 0 to that number and double it.
Such a natural skeptical person. I wonder where you are heading in your life. XD
@@ly8370Stranger jokes, when the video showed how the police actively tried to censor students leaving roses/flowers for the fallen.
On The Aniversary of the Tragedy.
(Overall)
@@ly8370Anyone who has lived in China for any time, knows he's right. Chinese people are great but the recent communist party is just a party for elitists to get themselves money and power.
I doubt there were 3000 people on a subway train. That's physically impossible based on the cell phone videos shown of the inside of the train.
@@dr.woozie7500 302 died because of the flood not in the train idiot
The passengers that left the train were walking towards Shakoulu Station were the flood was approaching from and then they returned to the train. Wouldn't it be possible if they went to Haitansi Station instead in the first place? The illustration makes it seem like they were closer to it too. What a scary situation. Luckily they were saved.
I'm just guessing here, but the water going around the subway may have pushed flowing water up on the walkway further down, making it impassable.
Perhaps it would be worth it to carry sandbags on the trains if that happens so they can at least divert the water
@@robertbalazslorincz8218 you could, but I feel like that's trying to solve a problem that only exists because you're ignoring a much bigger issue. If you're in the middle of a massive flood, stay out of the subterranean tunnels, same as you wouldn't put person on the spillway of a dam as the reservoir is reaching its limit.
In a underground situation id say going towards the sorce of flooding is the better option, since they were going uphill towards the water it makes sense to think its going to gather behind you, you may reach the other station to find it submerged or if it floods enough youll be trapped with water rushing towards you that you cant over power from one direction and the other to be essentially a dead end. Especially since from the image it looked to be flooding the carriages the opposite end to the direction the water was coming from
Thank you for covering this case.
Emergency Stop System: Yo aint getting out of here
Lol
Literally the subway Emergency stop system when they can just reverse: i am sorry we cannot do that.
the emptyness Behind the subway: y u dum?
It was such a miracle that other sectors of the safety measures worked , the doors and windows came in clutch and saved all those inside
There was also a massive road tunnel packed bumper to bumper at the time of the flood that filled up completely in just a few minutes. Nobody knows exactly how many people died there, but if you take into account the dimensions of the Zhengzhou tunnel and how many vehicles can fit into that space, and then assume 2 occupants per vehicle you get a rough idea, and it's a lot.
I don't think people understand how common red rainstorm warnings are in southern China. They happen regularly and yes, they cause major flooding, but this specific flood was much more extreme than usual, so it caught everyone off guard.
They got extremely lucky!
I would have bought a lottery ticket that same day.
Thank you very well told.
That’s stupid to go back you need to get out.
Your voice is actually made for this kind of content its crazy.
Yeah, it's almost like I've heard the same voice on other RUclips channels, a lot of people must like it too
How is there only 11 people working for emergency calls for such a big city? 🤦♂️
Because China.
@@Sidthedentist With huge population and low wages?
second world economy, yet people are living in absolute poverty, that's communism
@@timr.2257 no wages is cheaper than low wages
Crazy stuff good vid
If you’re going underground with that much rain that’s on you!
Excellent video. I would love to see one about the Zhengzhou car tunnel flood. It was 4km long with 6 lanes, and tons of cars. There don't seem to be many videos with a lot of information about the aftermath.
Because a lot of people died and the CCP wants to hide that they lost hundreds of people due to government incompetence?
my immediate thought! another channel did the math and it was incredible the life lost. China tryed to say only a fraction of people died. so chilling
Because the red Chinese try to hide anything like these to save face
Regardless if the walkway was covered or not, why couldn't they still proceed ahead ? Was it like something to do with the water electrocuting you if you fell in?
electrocution risk or not, fall in and you're gone.. rushing water's pretty powerful and it wouldn't matter how good a swimmer you are..
remember he mentioned two people fell and were swept away
Being trapped in any space is an unimaginable way to die...🇿🇦
watching the water rising from ankle to there neck is almost felt like i witness they drowning, it make me remember sewol ferry incident
There's one thing I'm proud to say as an American. If an emergency like this happens and we get through to them once we tell them were we are. They are definitely coming to get us. That's for sure. Our 1st responders are second to none.
Absolutely
NYC subways floods every time we get inundated with rain. I never thought about the potential danger … until now
the most rain central park has gotten was 8 inches in 24 hours
we are 24 times away from the rainfall that happened there and mta would definitely not keep water around a retaining wall not meant for water
I don't know if it's possible for us to get that much rain from a geographic perspective
9:50 Anxiety was up, then I literally cried I thought they were gonna die
Wow Thank You ❤
I am speechless. This was a nightmare.
What you saw is the classic pattern of how authoritarian countries respond to disasters like this:
1) There has to be a scapegoat for the authorities to make a big show of punishing, usually for their own failures.
2) The authorities then play a game of hot potato to avoid being that scapegoat. This they will do at the expense of EVERYTHING else, up to and including rescuing people. Because:
3) Life in authoritarian countries is very, very cheap. The only exception to that is the Leader. Everyone else is expendable.
And the PRC is nothing if not an authoritarian country. Been that way, AFAIK, for its entire history. And with Maoism resulting in a famine that killed 50+ million people, what's a dozen or so subway passengers compared with one's career and especially one's freedom?
Interesting story thanks for sharing
Something similar was close to happening in Prague 2002, however, they managed to close the metro before people got hurt.
I continue to read the title and think "that's a large restaurant" every time i see it.
We in Russia have a fictional movie about a similar incident called simply 'Metro'. Happily we still had not have such an incident in real life. Shocking.
You definitely haven't heard of St. Petersburg's Violet line floodings...
@@user-eh7ke6wx6m Have heard, but it was not a ring line
Oh, we are so sorry - no Denzel Washington to save the day? 😄
This is my absolute worst nightmare
What a nightmare that must've been
Thank you for this, I always wondered if the people in the train lived. Glas they were rescued
safety laws and rules are written in blood.
The video is a great 😃👍 job🎉🎉🎉🎉
Now that looks like a real Metro 2013
If Dark Records' narrator was on a submerged train with me I think it would help me remain calm
That baby though, the baby was chill, like nothing happened
my entire family lives in the zhengzhou province... back when this flood happened my relatives had a few close calls while trying to cross the road to get home from work
Crazy subway was still operating in the first place with such extreme floods
I'm sorry did you say 11 emergency call operators for a city of 10 million people? There's no way that's possible.
I literally screamed "ELEVEN?? ELEVEN??" at the screen! And I say this as someone who used to work at a call centre.
lol. You're surprised? You have too high of expectations for China 🤣
lol this is china ur talking about tofu dreg, censorship, corruption and their lack of safety is normal in china
@@AllergicFungusWhich is why learning German saved my potential life, as a Chinese person. Even though I don't outright hate my government (which in a few years won't be anyway), well, its faults are clear for anyone to see.
For the benefit of my race / ethnic group, we need a better government.
I would have kept walking or swimming to the next station. Never get trapped on a train.
Rushing water is deceptively powerful. It would likely be that you would drown
If they got out onto the walkway, I assume the driver had managed to open a door for em or something, those doors don't just open manually. Had they attempted to try and get out immediately as soon as they saw the water rising, this whole event could possibly have been avoided.
i just couldn’t imagine how terrified they all were
interesting video
Ain’t the tracks electric?
The current turns off in an emergency
Overhead catenary electrification, not electrified third rail.
my country town brain really showed here. my first thought was “why would there be a sandwich shop underwater” 😭
SpongeBob has gotta eat
@@tknightbirdfr i hope there is the krusty krab too
Thank god so many people were able to be saved from that nightmare situation, that being said, it's insane that it was even able to happen. So many deaths could have been avoided if the city authorities & people in charge of the subway, had taken this seriously.
Damn, 8” per hour. That’s a lot of water.
We just recently had 2.5-3” (some places maybe a little more) several months back and it caused a lot of flooding here where I live that caused issues and had us worried despite not living in a flood zone, but we’ve never had anything with that much water. That’s an amount that would wash my area away, and we’re at a decently high elevation in the Appalachian mountains (it’s the creeks and rain coming off the mountains that would get us with that much water).
Couldn’t imagine that much PLUS being underground in a subway with water rising all around. Noooooo, thank you.
6:00 "they had to walk slowly minding each step"
mf is recording this on his phone!!!! not minding anything
Very good video! I however found the typing effect very unpleasant personally. This is just my opinion of course and nothing more.
I had never heard of this. Oh god what a horrible way to die! Thank you to the rescue teams. I live in Florida, when the meteorologists say there’s a storm WE BELIEVE them!! Times are changing and they are changing so fast. Weather is getting worse and worse for humans and animals alike. As humans we are lucky to have people whose jobs it is to warn us and try to keep us all safe. Just because something is working doesn’t mean it is safe. It’s impossible to just not go to work for most people. The governments of all our country’s need to wake up and realize it’s getting bad and a lot needs to be done if we all want to stay safe!! Money is all that people seem to care about more needs to be done for our safety!! R.I.P. to all those lost. Sending love and support to all the family’s whom lost a loved one. Healing and hugs to all those hurt or now living with PTSD. 😢💙🩷🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️🩵
I'm glad almost everyone survived this nightmare.... although it's crazy to me that they allowed the line to keep running in those conditions, the last place you'd be safe during flooding like this is underground!
Corruption, tofu construction, and corner cutting as always... Same thing happened to their underground highway and killed a bunch of people which their gov falsified fatality numbers for.
That's "communism with Maoist characteristics" for ya. Human lives are less than worthless, government only serves themselves, and peace is war. Also they embezzle money plenty despite their playbooks say "Money bad durr'.
Why is no one talking about China's lack of infrastructure to handle water period? The roads and tunnels routinely flood because they skimp out on actual infrastructure to drain water away and contractors competing to lower costs to such an extent they leave out all safety standards to save money
This is also the same reason why SMRT added advanced pumps in their underground metro
Most important during a situation where your life is in danger and during evacuation: telephoning, filming, being busy with your mobile....
1:06
I know its absurd to laugh, but brother WHAT are they doing with umbrellas? I understand that these situations make people cling to what seems 'normal' but there is 4 of them in picture doing same thing? Any logical reason? Its just absurd O_o
Ever been in a tropical downpour? It's quite different from a rainstorm, very mild wind but very heavy rain. Without a cover It's almost impossible to keep your eyes open due to raindrops and you may lose your body temperature faster. Plus it's not very hard to hold them since there's no wind so why not.
I'm surprised the CCP even let this event get out
China is not as tough and clever as they say they are
That's what I was thinking 😂 we're probably on a watch list after this comment.
Its widely known. _China Insights, China Observer, China Uncensored and China Insider with David Zhang_ all reported on this.
I'm surprised RUclips didn't delete your comment.
Seriously? This is about how everyone survived, and that the only life lost was from a man who didn't just stay and trust that everything was OK and well designed
Don’t forget the road tunnels that drowned multitudes in minutes
This sounds like it could have been a horror movie.
nothing a lil bit of galvanized square steel and eco friendly wood veneers cant stop
My surprise went out the window upon seeing that this was China. Of course there would still be people in the subway during extreme flooding.
The real question is how anyone in their right mind would even consider entering the subway during an unprecedented flood?
Wow…
Thank you so much for writing on screen milimeters and km ❤😊 inches and miles don't "speak" to me 😅
Don’t you love it when people don’t believe in Scientists and Meteorologists? 🤦🏻♀️
utter nightmare fuel. where i live we use light rail, the biggest weather issues we have is either freezing ice or really hot temperatures (yeah you'd think they'd weather-ready the system.)
The city should add emergency service response team Staff if expecting catastrophic conditions.