China floods: People trapped on subway trains as city sees more rain in an hour than flood-hit Germany in three days

People have been left trapped in cars and underground train carriages after heavy rain caused widespread damage in central China. More than 200mm of rain fell on the city of Zhengzhou, Henan province, in a single hour on Tuesday. In the recent European floods , the worst hit areas of Germany saw 182mm over three days. So far, there have been no confirmed deaths or casualties among the state’s 94 million people – although 10,000 have reportedly been evacuated. Sky News Asia correspondent Tom Cheshire tweeted: “Very distressing scenes in Zhengzhou right now where there is severe flooding. People trapped…