US EditionBeijing officials say 31 older people trapped in a senior center died in floods
MIYUN DISTRICT, BEIJING, CHINA, JUL 31 – Unusually heavy rains caused rapid flooding that trapped 77 people inside the senior care center, resulting in 31 deaths and prompting officials to call it a “bitter lesson.”
- At a news conference on Thursday, Beijing officials said 31 people died at the Taishitun Town Elderly Care Centre in Miyun district after floods triggered by storms on Monday.
- On Monday morning, the Qingshui River surged at 1,500 times its normal volume, flooding the centre in Miyun district.
- Beijing’s Deputy Mayor Xia Linmao cited preliminary figures showing Miyun district saw up to 573.5mm of rain, affecting over 300,000 people with more than 24,000 homes and 242 bridges damaged.
- Officials issued a rare public apology on Thursday and Miyun Party secretary Yu Weiguo called it a `bitter lesson`, admitting flaws in preparedness.
- Across northern China, authorities report that 44 people died in Beijing over the past week due to floods, including more than 30 elderly residents in a care facility.
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At Least 31 Dead in Beijing Nursing Home as Floods Kill Dozens Across Northern China
At least 60 people died in devastating floods sweeping across northern China in recent days, with more than half of the casualties occurring at an elderly care center in Beijing, officials said Thursday. The disaster is part of a broader wave of torrential rains affecting the capital and nearby provinces, prompting a rare public admission of responsibility by Chinese officials. According to municipal authorities in Beijing, 44 people died citywi…
Shafaq News- Beijing: Chinese authorities reported on Thursday that 44 people were killed and nine were still missing after torrential rains flooded the capital, Beijing, since last week. "Forty-four people have died and nine are still missing," Xia Linmao, a senior official in the Chinese capital, said at a press conference. "Beijing suffered from heavy rains between July 23 and 29," he added, adding that the rains caused a "large number of cas…
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