US EditionAt Least 30 Dead in Beijing After Days of Heavy Rain
BEIJING, CHINA, JUL 29 – Over 80,000 residents were relocated amid record rainfall exceeding 543 mm in northern Beijing, causing landslides and infrastructure damage, with emergency funds of $47 million allocated.
- In Northern China, heavy rain on Monday led to a landslide in Luanping county, which officials said resulted in four deaths and eight missing persons.
- This year, China entered its flood season earlier than usual, prompting Hebei officials to issue flood warnings on July 25, as heavy rains persisted.
- Beijing's northern districts received heavy rain, causing floods and landslides, and damage cut power to more than 130 villages, officials said.
- Premier Li Qiang said heavy rain in Miyun caused 'serious casualties,' prompting Beijing authorities to launch a top-level emergency response at 8 p.m., Xinhua reported.
- The Central Meteorological Observatory said heavy rainfall will persist for the next three days, and authorities warned the early-start flood season could bring more severe weather in the coming months.
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