Overview

• Authorities confirmed at least 70 fatalities—44 in Beijing, 16 in Hebei and 10 in Shanxi—with roughly 30 people still missing
• Thirty-one elderly residents drowned at the Taishitun Elderly Care Center after the facility was excluded from evacuation routes
• Miyun District Party Secretary Yu Weiguo issued a rare public apology, acknowledging serious flaws in municipal flood-preparedness plans
• The Ministry of Finance and Emergency Management dispatched specialized teams and committed nearly $49 million for relief efforts and infrastructure assessments
• Record monsoon downpours dumped almost a year’s worth of rain in days, highlighting growing climate-driven flood risks in Beijing’s mountainous districts