Most of the Chinese capital’s annual rainfall is in the summer but some areas were not prepared for this year’s deluge
The rainy season in northern China traditionally arrives in July and August and this year it hit hard – again.
This year’s disaster is the fifth of its kind in the country’s north since 2012.
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Yes. The storms that hit in late July mainly affected the northern part of the capital while severe floods in the city in 2016 and 2023 were concentrated in the south.
