In the Chinese capital, 59,000 houses collapsed and 150,000 people died due to floods caused by heavy rains. A man carrying a child through a flooded road, the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, where heavy rain wreaked havoc in Beijing which was badly damaged by heavy rain from the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri.
The death toll from flooding in and around the Chinese capital Beijing has risen to 343, including five rescuers, and 188 others are missing, officials said.
Rainfall in the Chinese capital in recent weeks has caused extensive damage to infrastructure and the suburbs and suburbs.
Officials said Wednesday that 343 people have died and 188 are missing from the latest bad weather in Beijing, mostly due to flooding and collapsed buildings.
Torrential rains have lashed the mountainous western outskirts of Beijing for days, causing the collapse of 59,000 homes, killing nearly 150,000 people and flooding more than 15,000 hectares, the city’s government said Wednesday.
Beijing Vice Governor Xia Linmao said at a news conference that many roads were damaged, and more than 100 bridges.
“I want to express my deepest condolences to those who died on the line and to the victims of the disaster,” Linmao told reporters, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
