BEIJING: At least 10 people were killed in floods in a city near Beijing, officials said on Saturday (Aug 5), bringing the death toll from recent torrential rains in northern China to at least 30. Officials reported the deaths in Baoding, about 150km from Beijing, adding that 18 people were missing.
BEIJING: At least 10 people were killed in floods in a city near Beijing, officials said on Saturday , bringing the death toll from recent torrential rains in northern China to at least 30.
By noon on Saturday , more than 600,000 of Baoding's 11.5 million residents had been evacuated from areas deemed to be at risk, officials said. A red alert remains in force in Beijing due to"geological risks" such as landslides linked to the bad weather. China has been hit hard by extreme weather in recent months, from record-breaking heatwaves to deadly flooding.
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