{"id":36588,"date":"2023-08-01T06:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T06:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=36588"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:17:30","slug":"beijing-flood-11-dead-and-17-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/08\/01\/beijing-flood-11-dead-and-17-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing flood: 11 dead and 17 missing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese state media report 11 people have died and 27 are missing amid flooding in the mountains surrounding the capital Beijing.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2681-1024x696.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2681-1024x696.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2681-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2681-768x522.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2681-750x510.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2681-1140x775.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2681.jpeg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days of heavy rains have prompted authorities to close train stations and evacuate people in vulnerable communities to school gyms, state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday. Homes have been flooded, roads torn apart and cars piled into stacks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The level of rainfall is highly unusual for Beijing, which generally enjoys a moderate, dry climate. Flooding in other parts of northern China that rarely see such&nbsp;<strong>large amounts of rain<\/strong>&nbsp;have led to scores of deaths.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seasonal flooding hits large parts of China every summer, particularly in the semitropical south. However, some northern regions this year have reported the worst floods in 50 years.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2680-1024x698.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2680-1024x698.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2680-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2680-768x523.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2680-750x511.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2680-1140x777.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_2680.jpeg 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early July,\u00a0<strong>at least 15 people were killed by floods<\/strong>in the southwestern region of Chongqing, and some 5,590 people in the far northwestern province of Liaoning had to be evacuated. In the central province of Hubei, rainstorms have trapped residents in their vehicles and homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s deadliest and most destructive floods in recent history were in 1998, when 4,150 people died,&nbsp;<strong>most of them along the Yangtze River<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021,&nbsp;<strong>more than 300 people died<\/strong>&nbsp;in flooding in the central province of Henan. Record rainfall inundated the provincial capital of Zhengzhou on July 20 that year, turning streets into rushing rivers and flooding at least part of a subway line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese state media report 11 people have died and 27 are missing amid flooding in the mountains surrounding the capital Beijing.\u00a0 Days of heavy rains have prompted authorities to close train stations and evacuate people in vulnerable communities to school gyms, state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday. 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