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At least 60 dead in north China following extreme rain, authorities say

Extreme weather killed at least 60 people in northern China over the past week, with 31 deaths in an elderly care home in ...
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Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rain kills dozens

BEIJING: Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday (Jul 31) they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes ...
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Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rains kill dozens

Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes of the capital, ...

Beijing officials say 31 older people trapped in a senior center died in floods

The facility sat on low-lying ground near a river that had flooded after the unusually intense rains. It housed 69 residents, ...

Streets turn to rivers as deadly flooding inundates northern Beijing

Days of torrential rain have killed at least 30 people in the northern outskirts of Beijing, state media reported Tuesday, as ...

44 dead, 9 missing due to heavy rain in Beijing suburbs

Local authorities in Beijing said on Thursday that 44 people have died and nine others are missing due to recent heavy rain.

Death toll rises in China's north following extreme rain, state media says

Extreme weather killed at least eight people in the city of Chengde just outside the Chinese capital Beijing, with 18 still ...

At least 30 dead as almost a year’s worth of rain lashes Beijing in matter of days

Nearly 80,000 people evacuated from their homes as torrential rain causes widespread damage in Chinese capital’s mountainous ...

Beijing Urges Residents Indoors as Foot of Rain Looms Overnight

Authorities in Beijing warned that parts of the Chinese capital could see more than 300 millimeters (12 inches) of rain on Monday evening, urging residents to stay indoors.