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Nearly a million people have been forced to evacuate in the province and in adjacent villages on the fringes of Beijing. In some areas, the flooding has disrupted power supplies as well as internet and mobile connections. Residents have posted online pleas for help finding hundreds of missing people. Beijing Rains: Anger Builds After China 'Deliberately' Floods Towns to Save Capital (Watch Video).

Heavy rains in Beijing over the weekend were the worst recorded since records began 140 years ago, according to the citys weather service. The maximum amount recorded during the storm was 744.8mm - a higher figure than the 609mm previously recorded in 1891. The deluge followed Typhoon Doksuri, which had hit southern Fujian province after battering the Philippines.

Thousands of people were evacuated to shelters in schools and other public buildings in suburban Beijing and in nearby cities.

China's capital records heaviest rainfall in 140 years, causing severe flooding and leaving 20 dead

At least 20 people were killed and 19 were missing after heavy rains lashed Beijing and surrounding provinces, state media said Tuesday, in downpours that have submerged roads and deluged neighbourhoods with mud.