Devastating floods in China kill dozens, over a million affected | PHOTOS

In this aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters pump rainwater from a road underpass in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. China's military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its most heavily populated provinces, as the death toll in widespread flooding rose to more than two dozen. 

Residents clean up the aftermath of a flood in Mihe Town of Gongyi City, in central China's Henan province on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.

People walk through floodwaters along a street in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province, Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

People move through flood water after a heavy downpour in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Heavy flooding has hit central China following unusually heavy rains, with the subway system in the city of Zhengzhou inundated with rushing water and thousands of residents having to be relocated. 

Rescuers build embankments to pump out water from a flooded tunnel in Zhuhai city in south China's Guangdong province Thursday, July 15, 2021. Divers have been dispatched in the search for 14 workers missing since water flooded a tunnel under construction in southern China three days ago, authorities said Sunday, July 18, 2021.

Rescuers work on a flooded tunnel in Zhuhai city in south China's Guangdong province Friday, July 16, 2021. Divers have been dispatched in the search for 14 workers missing since water flooded a tunnel under construction in southern China three days ago, authorities said Sunday, July 18, 2021.

Rescuers work to build an embankment at the site of a flooded tunnel in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong Province, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Rescuers were pumping out water Thursday to try to find 14 construction workers trapped by a flood in a tunnel being built in southern China. The rescuers have not been able to contact the workers missing since the 3:30 a.m. flood, the Zhuhai city emergency management department said in an online post.

Heavy downpour in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Heavy flooding has hit central China following unusually heavy rains, with the subway system in the city of Zhengzhou inundated with rushing water.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, staff members set up warning signs with the words "Danger!" at a waterlogged area in Wuzhi County in central China's Henan Province on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. 

Residents move their belongings across a flooded street in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.