China floods: ‘Digital dark age’ after disaster wreaks havoc on Internet and electricity

People wading through floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China on July 23, 2021. — Reuters

Millions of people in Zhengzhou just discovered how reliant they had become on the Internet after major flooding killed service, as well as electricity, across the city.

The floods in the provincial capital of the central Chinese province Henan killed 69 people and forced the relocation of hundreds of thousands of people.