MIYUN
\nHeavy rain killed more than 30 people and forced authorities to evacuate tens of thousands as swaths of northern China were lashed by torrential downpours that sparked landslides and flooding, state media said on Tuesday.
\nWeather authorities have issued their second-highest rainstorm warning for the capital Beijing, neighbouring Hebei and Tianjin, as well as 10 other provinces, state news agency Xinhua said. The rains are expected to last into Wednesday.
\nThe heavy rainstorms had left 30 people dead in Beijing as of midnight on Monday, Xinhua said, citing flood control authorities. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated in the capital alone, according to state-run Beijing Daily. The death toll was highest in Miyun, a northeastern suburb, it said.
\n\u201cThis time the rain was unusually heavy, it\u2019s not normally like this,\u201d a Miyun resident surnamed Jiang said as water streamed down the road outside her house. \u201cThe road is full of water so people aren\u2019t going to work,\u201d she said.
\nIn Xinanzhuang village, journalists saw murky water had submerged homes, cars and a road. A local man in his sixties said he had never seen water levels so high.
\nNearby, torrents of water gushed from spillways in the Miyun Reservoir, which authorities said reached its highest levels since its construction in 1959. Beijing\u2019s northern Huairou district and southwestern Fangshan were also badly affected, state media said.
\nDozens of roads have been closed and over 130 villages have lost electricity, Beijing Daily said. \u201cPlease pay attention to weather forecasts and warnings and do not go to risk areas unless necessary,\u201d the outlet said.
\nMore than 10,000 people also evacuated their homes in the neighbouring port city of Tianjin, which saw major flash floods, according to state-owned nationalist tabloid Global Times.
\nAnd in Hebei province, which encircles Beijing, a landslide in a village killed eight people, with four still missing, state broadcaster CCTV said. The army was mobilised to help disaster relief operations, the channel said.
\nCCTV footage showed soldiers in orange life vests bringing supplies including bottled water, carrying people on stretchers, and clearing debris from roads. Social media users online shared anxious accounts of being unable to reach family members in Hebei\u2019s mountainous Xinglong county.
\nMudslides and floods forced more than 8,000 people to evacuate, while rescuers were still attempting to reach some villages that had \u201clost contact\u201d, China National Radio said. Local authorities have issued flash flood warnings through Tuesday evening, with the city of Chengde and surrounding areas under the highest alert, Hebei\u2019s radio and television station said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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