From Saturday (26.Jul) to Monday (28.Jul), it rained the entire amount expected for the year in the Chinese capital
Strong rains and floods have caused the deaths of at least 30 people in Beijing in recent days. From Saturday (26.Jul) to Monday (28.Jul), precipitation in the Chinese capital exceeded the average rain expected for the whole year.
Of the total deaths, 28 were in the district of Miyun and two in Yanqing. These areas are located in the northwest of Beijing and are mountainous. The Chinese government has mobilized rescue teams for these places.
The government has not reported the circumstances of the deaths and if there are missing. Over the weekend, a warning of heavy rains for the local population had been issued.
According to the Chinese newspaper , The rains left 31 damaged roads, of which 16 routes remain without repair. The lack of electricity affected 136 villages, with 62 optical cables and 1,825 damaged radio-base stations. In all, 80,332 people needed to be relocated.
The rains also caused delays on flights because of the conditions of the landing tracks and the train line that performs the Beijing-Harbin route had its operations suspended this Thursday (29.Jul).
On social networks, several videos show the streets of the Chinese capital covered with water. Beijing’s government has activated the drainage system and the streets in the central regions have few concentrations of water.
Watch the videos below:
In the early morning of July 28, Beijing’s mountainous areas suffered extreme rainstorms for the second consecutive night. The rainfall in Pinggu District exceeded 300 mm in 12 hours, and some villages were flooded.
— Jim (@yangyubin1998)
Early this morning, a hospital was severely flooded due heavy rainfall—302 mm in just 6 hours.
This is Beijing, the capital of China.
— Weather Monitor (@WeatherMonitors)
Crazy rain in Beijing!
Central Beijing fairly calm vs northern districts like Miyun: weather stations there saw up to 315ml of rain & the reservoir, built in 1959, had its biggest-ever water intake.
Heard people say we only see this every 100 years but it also happened in 2023.
— J Boyce | Posting from China since 2005 (@beijingboyce)
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