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BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Wednesday dispatched thousands of rescue workers to Zhuozhou, a flooded city of over 600,000 residents southwest of Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri continued to wreak havoc on swathes of the city twice the size of Paris. Zhuozhou is in Hebei province, which has borne the brunt of the worst storms to hit northern China in over a decade, killing least 20 people. The city also borders Beijing, which was inundated with the most rainfall in 140 years between Sa

Boats have been the best option for emergency teams, but in places there were not enough of them. roads have become perilous fast—moving rivers, and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through suburban beijing in clearly dangerous situations. yesterday, cars were washed away by the dozen. its not clear how many people died in this way. rescue workers have been stretched to the limit in a race against rising waters. zhouzhou in neighbouring hubei province has been especially inundate...

Fast—moving rivers, and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through suburban beijing in clearly dangerous situations. yesterday, cars were washed away by the dozen. its not clear how many people died in this way. rescue workers have been stretched to the limit in a race against rising waters. zhuozhou in neighbouring hebei province has been especially inundated after water was diverted there to take the pressure off the capital. but still beijing has had to move more than 120,000 re...

As a result of storm doksuri. president xi jinping today called for "every effort" to rescue those lost or trapped by the rains. from beijing, steve mcdonnell sent this report. methods from the old days have been pulled out to reach people cut off by flash floods. boats have been the best option for emergency teams, but in places there are not enough of them. roads have become perilous fast—moving rivers, and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through suburban beijing in clearly da...

Are known to have died as a result of storm doksuri. president xi jinping today called for "every effort" to rescue those "lost or trapped" by the rains. from beijing, steve mcdonnell sent this report. methods from the old days have been pulled out to reach people cut off by flash floods. boats have been the best option for emergency teams, but in places there were not enough of them. roads have become perilous fast—moving rivers, and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through subu...

Trapped" by the rains. from beijing, steve mcdonnell sent this report. methods from the old days have been pulled out to reach people cut off by flash floods. boats have been the best option for emergency teams, but in places there are not enough of them. roads have become perilous fast—moving rivers, and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through suburban beijing in clearly dangerous situations. yesterday, cars were washed away by the dozen. its not clear how many people died in t...

Rescue workers have been stretched to the limit in a race against rising waters. zhouzhou in neighbouring hebei province has been especially inundated, after water was diverted there to take the pressure off the capital, but still, beijing has had to move more than 120,000 residents to safer areas, where supplies have been stockpiled for them. translation: we have prepared water, noodles, bread and hot water— to keep people going. the government warned people here to remain indoors and ordered...

Russian forces have attacked Kryvyi Rih using two ballistic missiles: one hit a residential high-rise building, and the other hit an educational institution. Five civilians have been killed, a child among them.

The death toll in Kryvyi Rih has risen to five; rescue workers have pulled three more bodies from under the rubble, including a child. Source: Pershyi Miskyi ["The first in the city"], Kryvyi Rih media outlet, from the scene; State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Facebook, head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Serhii Lysak in a comment to local media Update at 13:45: Vilkul said that four people were killed in the Russian missile attack as of noon, in particular, two me...

Downed trees and wires. >> thats a lot of calls. rescue workers were forced to prioritize which incidents they responded to first. at least two people were injured when a tree landed on a car according to e.m.s. and today the national zoo in d.c. will be closed for cleanup from the storm. swift-water rescue votes were patrolling the potomac river when they came across a boat taking on water. according to w top top, 13 boaters had to be rescued from the maryland side of the potomac after getting ...