Update: Six deaths from the tunnel, including five men and one woman, have been reported in the unprecedented floods, Henan government said at a press conference on Monday afternoon.

About 1,000 evacuated residents from several villages in the flood battered Xinxiang, central China's Henan Province, have been moved into a primary school which was turned into a temporary shelter as of Sunday afternoon, Global Times reporters learned.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Friday deployed China's latest Z-20 helicopters in flood relief missions in Central China's Henan Province by conducting aerial surveys and supply deliveries.

The aim to build a sponge city is to improve modern cities' capacity to regulate water resources and the project is normally only designed to handle moderate and light rain, rather than the once-in-a-hundred-year rainstorm in Zhengzhou, Chinese experts explained, as a BBC report claimed that the floods had "broken a myth" of sponge city that Zhengzhou invested more than 50 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) to build.

The China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research published on Thursday a report on the unprecedented rainfall in Central China's Henan Province, pointing that 255 villages were at extreme risk in the worst floods in more than 50 years.

The subway administration of Zhengzhou, provincial capital of Henan Province, faced controversy for what some said a slow response and "delayed" statement on a subway flooding which trapped more than 500 passengers and killed 12, while many netizens pointed to the unprecedented heavy downpour which was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Folks in Henan! Wing Loong unmanned aerial vehicle is here for you." Residents in Mihe county, Central China's Henan Province, whose telecommunications were cut off due to record downpours and floods on Tuesday, regained connection on late Wednesday night with the aid of China's home-produced UAV dispatched to hover above the region.

Rescue workers transported relief goods to stranded people in an area flooded with deep water in Central China's Zhengzhou, late Wednesday night.

Death toll caused by the unprecedented heavy rainfall in Central China's Henan Province has risen to 33, with eight people still missing, local emergency management bureau said on Thursday.

Chinese experts rejected the claim from foreign media that the relentless downpour and flooding in Central China's Henan Province were due to "widespread construction" of dams, saying the dams are playing a pivotal role in countering water disasters. What people should learn from the floods is the importance of nature's adjustments together with man-made facilities in dealing with extreme situations, experts said.

The agricultural production and transportation in Central China's Henan Province will only be temporarily affected by the extreme torrential rain and subsequent flooding, analysts said on Wednesday.

The clearance work of the main avenues in the downtown area of the flood rampaged Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan Province, has been completed, Global Times reporters saw on the site. Accumulated rainwater is still above people's knees on some roads as of afternoon of July 21.

A property developer in Central China's Henan Province apologized to the public on Wednesday after its publicity stunt that took advantage of the storms and floods currently sweeping across the province came under fire on Tuesday evening. The disaster has caused 16 deaths as of press time.

Global Times reporter found that Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Central China's Henan are cleaned up overnight Wednesday, but there remain many passengers left stranded. Some slept on the floor of the waiting hall and the station distributed free food and water.

Multiple rail routes and highways through Central China's Henan Province have been cut off due to extreme weather which has caused 12 deaths, while large number of air flights have been canceled on Wednesday as record rainfall across the province swept through cities and villages.

Central China's Henan Province on Wednesday initiated the highest level emergency response to floods, as rain-triggered disasters have caused 12 deaths.

Henan is a Chinese province where there is stronger faith, stronger ability to organize and fight in the face of the huge disaster. It has the boundless power from the whole country to immediately mobilize support. On the whole, we have confidence in Henan as well as in the country.

At least 12 people died from torrential rains in Central China's Henan Province, as of Tuesday, as the region witnesses its heaviest rainfall in 60 years.

The torrential rainstorm and subsequent flooding in Central China's Henan Province prompted a flurry of Chinese internet giants to give a helping hand to local residents, including donating money, providing essential items to combat the natural disaster that has forced main roads to close and flights canceled in over a dozen cities in the province.

President Xi made instructions for Henan's flood prevention and disaster relief work, requiring to prioritize the protection of the people's lives and property safety in the first place, and take flood prevention and disaster relief measures seriously.

The heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province, has left 12 dead as of early Wednesday, according to a report by the People's Daily. Over 100,000 residents have been relocated.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Central Theater Command urgently dispatched troops to a county in rain-hit Henan, in Central China, in response to an emergency in a dam under threat of collapse due to serious damage caused by the rains.

The chief of the local meteorological bureau in Gongyi, in Central China's Henan Province, was washed away by floods caused by heavy rainfall. Fortunately he was rescued by a passerby. However, the local meteorological services could not be updated for more than 10 hours after communications were shut down by the extreme weather.