2023-08-01 08:10:44
Torrential rains caused massive flooding in central China over the weekend. At least 11 people have died in Beijing since Monday July 31.
“Everything must be done to find and save those missing or trapped,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, August 1, whose remarks were reported by the public broadcaster CCTV. According to an upwardly revised report, the torrential rains that have fallen on Beijing and its surroundings since this weekend have left at least 11 dead and 27 missing.
While the images which are linked on the televisions of the country speak for themselves, the emergency services have indeed found several bodies in the rivers of the district of Mentougou in Beijing.
As of Monday, the authorities placed the Chinese capital on high alert for flooding. Much of Beijing’s suburbs “are at high risk for cave-ins, landslides and mudslides,” according to the alert from authorities, who also issued a red alert for flooding.
170.9 millimeters of water in 40 hours
These heavy rains are a consequence of Cyclone Doksuri, which killed at least six people in the Philippines. It has lost some strength and the tropical storm has been sweeping across northern China since Friday. According to the capital’s weather service, 170.9 millimeters of water fell on Beijing in forty hours, between Saturday evening and Monday noon. That’s almost the average rainfall for a whole month of July.
Beijing has been very cautious about heavy rainfall since 2021, when severe flooding in the center of the country killed more than 300 people, mostly in the major city of Zhengzhou.
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