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Flooding kills at least 38 as Beijing region gets almost a year's worth of rain
The dayslong rainstorms have killed 30 people in the Chinese capital and eight in its neighboring province of Hebei, ...
Beijing's extreme rain 'trap' kills at least 30, displaces thousands
Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year's worth of rain fell in less than a week, forcing the ...
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 ...
Beijing admits failures after 31 care home residents killed in floods
Beijing city officials have admitted failures in their response to heavy flooding that killed 31 residents of a care home.
Extreme weather turns Beijing into rain trap, kills at least 30
By Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year's worth of ...
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 rain. It housed 69 residents, ...
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 ...