Streets turn to rivers as deadly flooding inundates northern Beijing
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By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Days of heavy rain have killed at least 30 people in the mountainous northern outskirts of Beijing, state media reported Tuesday. Intense rainstorms have battered northern China in recent days, triggering flooding and landslides.
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Four killed as heavy rain, flooding soaks northern China
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Streets turn to rivers as deadly flooding inundates northern Beijing
Heavy rains that have soaked swathes of northern China killed four people and left eight missing on Monday, state media said, as downpours force thousands
By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Days of heavy rain have killed at least 30 people in the mountainous northern outskirts of Beijing, state media reported Tuesday. Intense rainstorms have battered northern China in recent days, triggering flooding and landslides.
Heavy rains in the Chinese capital Beijing have killed 30 people and prompted authorities to evacuate 80,000, state media said Tuesday.Intense rainstorms
TAISHITUN, China — Heavy rains and flooding killed 30 people in Beijing, China's capital, the country's state media reported on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the storms in the region
State media broadcast footage of muddy waters rising into homes in rural areas and rescuers carrying an injured person on a stretcher and searching on a damaged road.
Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power around the Chinese capital. At least 38 deaths were reported by Tuesday as rescue and relief work continued.
Heavy rainstorms have been raging in northern China for days. At least 38 people have died in the Beijing region as a result of heavy rainfall and flooding. More than 80,000 residents have been brought to safety.
