BEIJING: Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing's heaviest rains on record, officials said Wednesday (Aug 9). China's capital has been hit by
BEIJING: Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing's heaviest rains on record, officials said Wednesday .in recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swathes of the city's suburbs and surrounding areas.
"I would like to express my deep condolences to those who died in the line of duty and the unfortunate victims," Xia Linmao, Beijing's vice-mayor, told a press conference, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Of those, 142 were caused by flooding or geological disasters, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said.And in northeastern Jilin, 14 died and one person was reported missing on Sunday.
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