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China has been experiencing extreme weather conditions and posting record temperatures

Swathes of northern China were under red alert on Monday as heavy rains battered Beijing and surrounding areas, washing away cars and inundating subway stations. Deadly storm Doksuri has been sweeping northwards over China since Friday, with authorities warning millions of people to s...

Heavy rains caused by the storm Doksuri have hit Beijing and surrounding areas causing hundreds of bus services to be suspended, inundating subway stations, washing cars away and causing the highest flood warning for the suburban Dashihe River. Footage and social media posts showed vehicles being swept away by muddy torrents on the edges of the city and rainwater flowing on to a subway platform in western Beijings university district.

Heavy rains battered northern China, killing at least two people in Beijing while washing away cars and inundating subway stations, with the capital issuing its highest alerts for flooding and landslides.

“This morning it was crazy, the water overflowed the Mentougou river and the whole avenue was flooded,” says resident.

الوكالة الوطنية للإعلامNNA - Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Beijing as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri dumped record rainfall on the city, grounding flights and flooding hundreds of roads

Swathes of northern China were under red alert on Monday as heavy rains battered Beijing and surrounding areas, washing away cars and inundating subway stations.

Typhoon Doksuri is one of the strongest storms to hit China in years. | World News

Authorities have issued the highest weather alert as Beijing is hit with the remnants of typhoon Doksuri. State media have reported 2 bodies were recovered by emergency crews from a waterway in the capital.

According to the JMA, typhoon Khanun was moving across the sea south of Japan and headed north-northwest at 15 km per hour on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency. The storm had a central atmospheric pressure of 960 hectopascals, with winds of up to 144 km per hour near its center and gusts of up to 198 km per hour, said the JMA. �� Typhoon Khanun Update: Tropical Storm Heads Toward Japan’s Okinawa and Amami.