Disaster response level raised for Henan By YANG ZEKUN in Zhengzhou and DU JUAN in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-30 08:07 Share Heavy rains spread to northern China, precautions being taken in Beijing A worker drains floodwaters on a road in Tianjin on Thursday. Typhoon In-Fa brought heavy rainfall to the city. ZHOU WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY The disaster emergency response level for Central China's Henan province was raised on Thursday as the local death toll from flooding rose to 99. The provincial government said heavy rainfall and flooding had affected more than 13.91 million people by noon Thursday, wiped out over 198,200 hectares of crops and led to the collapse of about 18,000 houses, causing direct economic losses of nearly 91 billion yuan ($14.08 billion).