At least 38 killed in floods, landslides in the Beijing region after rain – national

About a year of rain Floods and landslides Cars that were washed, forced evacuation and expelled power were washed around the Chinese capital, killing at least 38 people on Tuesday and rescue and relief work continued.

The risk of flooding for parts of Beijing, Hebei and the neighboring city of Tianjin remained high until Tuesday evening.

Government media broadcasts clips of muddy water that rises to homes in rural areas and rescue men who hold a person with a stretch and search on a damaged road.

Prime Minister Lee Qiang said that the heavy rains and floods in the Beijing region in the difficult Mayon caused “serious losses” and called for rescue efforts, according to the news agency, Xinhua.

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The Beijing Daily newspaper, a state -backed paper, reported that the city has received 54.3 cm (21.4 inches) of rain in the past four days, which is slightly less than 60 cm (23.6 inches) that the city receives annually within a year.

The storm took power in more than 130 villages in Beijing, destroyed the lines of communication and attached more than 30 parts of the road. The city said that more than 16 cm (six inches) of rain fell on average in Beijing by midnight, with two cities in Mayon, they record 54 cm (21 inches) of rain.

The heavy floods washed cars and power columns that fell in Mayon, a remote area that borders the Luanbing boycott in Hebei. More than 80,000 people were transferred in Beijing, including about 17,000 in Mayon, a statement in Beijing said.

The city government said that 28 people passed away in Mayon and two others in the Yanging area on Monday.

Four additional people were discovered in the neighboring district of Hebei dead on Tuesday, the international broadcaster for the International State for Migration reported, after eight people were said to be missing after a ground collapse in a rural part of the Lenbing Province in the province. The authorities found four of the dead.

Emergency rescue teams said that more landslides occurred in the same area on Tuesday, although they had not reported any other victims.

The inverted trees are located in piles in the town of Taishitun, about 100 km (60 miles) northeast of central Beijing. The streets were covered with water, leaving the clay higher on the walls of the buildings.

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