Authorities warn of further heavy rain and the risk of disasters including landslides and flooding
Heavy rain around Beijing and across northern China killed two people and forced thousands to relocate as authorities warned of further widespread rain and the risk of disasters including landslides and flooding.
Two people were dead and two missing in Hebei province, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday morning. Overnight rain dumped a record 145mm per hour on Fuping county in the industrial city of Baoding.
China’s water ministry issued targeted flood warnings to 11 provinces and regions, including Beijing and neighbouring Hebei, for floods from small and midsize rivers and mountain torrents.
Floods and landslides affected many villages in the Miyun district of the capital, with the rural town of Fengjiayu the most severely affected and electricity and communications cut in some villages, CCTV said. More than 3,000 people were transferred out of the area, Beijing News Radio reported on Sunday.
