US EditionBeijing Admits Lack of Preparedness as Rains Kill 60
BEIJING, CHINA, JUL 31 – Flooding linked to extreme rainfall killed 60 people, including 31 at a nursing home, with over 104,000 evacuated and more than 24,000 homes damaged, officials said.
- Heavy rains beginning on July 23 caused severe flooding across Beijing and northern China, killing at least 60 people, including 44 in Beijing itself.
- The flooding followed a week of record rain, with some areas receiving nearly a year's worth of precipitation, overwhelming warning systems and infrastructure.
- The Miyun district was heavily affected, with 31 deaths at a nursing home and extreme rainfall of up to 573.5 millimeters causing the Miyun reservoir to reach record water levels.
- Deputy Mayor Xia Linmao admitted that the city’s capacity to predict and alert residents about severe weather events is lacking, and that comprehensive strategies for disaster prevention and response have yet to be thoroughly established.
- The disaster highlighted urgent needs for improved early warning systems and infrastructure resilience as officials vowed to restore roads and improve emergency responses amid ongoing heavy rain risks.
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The nursing home was flooded in the early hours of the morning. The torrential rains had been unabated for six days and that night reached its peak. At the most...
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ecotopical.comAt least 60 dead in northern China due to extreme rainfall and floods
Flooding from torrential rain in northeastern China has killed at least 60 people since July 29, according to Xia Linmao, the deputy mayor of Beijing, China’s capital city. The region hit hardest was the Beijing suburb of Miyun, where accumulated precipitation reached 543 millimeters (21.4 inches), nearing the annual average rainfall for Beijing, which is 585 mm (23 in). In Miyun, 31 people died in a nursing home impacted by the flash flood. An…
The death toll following heavy rainfall and flooding in Beijing and the surrounding area has doubled. At least sixty people have died, including 31 seniors trapped in a nursing home in Miyun, a mountainous district in the northeast of the city. Another 31 are missing in the Chinese capital and the surrounding area. The search for them is ongoing. The nursing home in Miyun had 69 residents, 55 of whom have limited mobility. The building was locat…
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