Overview

• At least 30 people have died in Beijing’s northern districts, including 28 in Miyun and two in Yanqing, as torrential monsoon rains inundated the capital.
• Beijing’s flood control authority raised its emergency response to level one on July 28 and initiated emergency releases from the Miyun Reservoir after it reached its highest level since 1959.
• The Chinese central government has dispatched 50 million yuan and specialized rescue teams to support municipal relief operations across Beijing and neighboring provinces.
• Floodwaters have damaged 31 road sections and knocked out power in 136 communities, hampering access and complicating supply deliveries.
• A landslide in Hebei’s Luanping County killed four people and left eight missing, and meteorologists warn of continued heavy rainfall in the coming days.