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At least 30 dead as almost a year’s worth of rain lashes Beijing in matter of days
Nearly 80,000 people evacuated from their homes as torrential rain causes widespread damage in Chinese capital’s mountainous ...
Beijing officials say 31 older people trapped in a senior center died in floods
The facility sat on low-lying ground near a river that had flooded after the unusually intense rain. It housed 69 residents, ...
Heavy rain causes flooding, evacuations and at least 38 deaths around Beijing region
Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power around the ...
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Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rain kills dozens
BEIJING: Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday (Jul 31) they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes ...
Beijing's extreme rain 'trap' kills at least 30, displaces thousands
Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year's worth of rain fell in less than a week, forcing the ...
Heavy rain leaves dozens dead in Beijing, state media reports
The storms dropped more than 6 inches of rain on average across Beijing by midnight Tuesday, with two other towns recording ...
Flooding kills at least 38 as Beijing region gets almost a year's worth of rain
At least 38 people have died in the Chinese capital region after it was battered by almost a year’s worth of rain in a ...
Streets turn to rivers as deadly flooding inundates northern Beijing
Days of torrential rain have killed at least 30 people in the northern outskirts of Beijing, state media reported Tuesday, as ...
Extreme weather turns Beijing into rain trap, kills at least 30
By Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year's worth of ...
Heavy rains and flooding kill at least 34 people in and near Beijing
Chinese state media say that 30 people have died in heavy rains and flooding in and around Beijing, raising the death toll ...
Heavy rain causes flooding, evacuations and at least 38 deaths in Beijing region
The flood risk for parts of Beijing, Hebei province and neighboring Tianjin city is predicted to remain high until Tuesday ...
Villagers Trapped as Heavy Rains in Beijing Leave Nearly 40 Dead
The rains set off flooding and landslides, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in the capital and ...