30/07/2025
China: Beijing has not been spared by the downpours, with the latest round of heavy rain triggering disasters, leaving 30 people dead as of midnight Monday. Authorities say the deaths were in Beijing’s two mountainous suburbs of Miyun and Yanqing. More than 80-thousand people in three districts have been relocated. The city has activated its highest level of flood-control emergency response since Monday evening. Emergency teams and special equipment have been deployed. Drones are air-dropping supplies. Heavy machineries are reinforcing embankments. Satellite phones have been distributed to villages affected by power and network outages. Residents have joined emergency teams in relief and relocation efforts. Our reporter Wang Mengjie went to Miyun, one of the most heavily rain-affected districts.