At least 38 people died from floods after the rain, landslides in Beijing – National
The nearly year-long rainfall caused floods and landslides, washing away cars, forcing the evacuation and elimination of electricity around the Chinese capital, killing at least 38 people by Tuesday, and rescue and relief efforts continued.
Until Tuesday night, flood risk in parts of Beijing, Hebei Province and neighboring Tianjin City was high.
State media broadcast videos of muddy waters rise into rural homes, as well as rescue workers carrying a wounded person on a stretcher and searching for damaged roads.
Prime Minister Lee Kunge said Miyang suffered heavy rains and floods in the difficult Beijing area caused “severe casualties” and called for rescue work.
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Beijing Daily, a state-backed paper, reported that the city has rained 54.3 cm (21.4 inches) in the past four days, which is much lower than the city’s annual annual rainfall received by 60 cm (23.6 inches).
The storm eliminated electricity in more than 130 villages in Beijing, damaged communication lines and damaged more than 30 roads. By midnight, Beijing had averaged more than 16 cm (6 inches) of rain, with two towns recording 54 cm (21 inches) of rainfall, the city said.
A large amount of flooding washed away cars and dismantled poles, and the area bordered the luanping county of Haibi. A statement from Beijing said more than 80,000 people have relocated in Beijing, of which about 17,000 are in Miyang.
The city said 28 people died in Miyun and two others on Monday.
State Radio CCTV CCTV reported that four other people were found dead near Hebei Province, and eight people were said to have encountered eight missing in a rural area of Lump County in the province. Authorities found four dead on Monday.
The emergency team said more landslides occurred in the same area on Tuesday, although they did not report any casualties.
In the pile of Taishitun town about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of central Beijing, uprooted trees lie in the pile. The streets are covered with water and the mud is high on the walls of the building.
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