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A total of 33 people had died and 18 were still missing as of Tuesday in Beijing following severe flooding, a Beijing municipal government official confirmed on Wednesday, noting that Beijing had rolled out a plan for restoring affected areas in the capital, the first step of which is to restore the basic functions of conservancy facilities damaged by flooding. Beijing will be fully engaged in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work, executive vice mayor of Beijing Xia Linmao told a pres...

Beijing (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 - China said Friday that natural disasters had caused 147 deaths or disappearances in July, after the heaviest rains since records began hit the countrys capital at the end of the month.

Beijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 - Six people are dead and four are missing after torrential rain hit Chinas northeastern Jilin province, state media reported Sunday, the latest fatalities from more than a week of weather-related disasters across the country.

China raised its flood-control emergency response in the countrys northeastern regions to Level III on Sunday morning following severe rainstorms and flooding in North Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Northeast Chinas Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, as torrential rain caused by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri cost six lives in Jilins Shulan city and inundated large swaths of grain fields.

China News: Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon that hit mainland China last Friday, has brought the most severe rains since records began 140 years ago. Hebei

At least 10 people were killed in floods in a city near Beijing, officials said Saturday, bringing the death toll from recent torrential rains in northern China to at least 30.Officials reported the deaths in Baoding, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from Beijing, adding that 18 people were missing.

Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon that hit mainland China last Friday, has brought the most severe rains since records began 140 years ago. At least ten people were killed in Baoding.

More than 600,000 of Baoding’s 11.5 million residents evacuated from areas deemed to be at risk, officials say.

China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region, turning streets into canals where

Officials reported the deaths in Baoding, about 150 kilometres from Beijing, adding that 18 people were missing.