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Monsoon Flooding in Beijing Region Kills 30 and Displaces Over 80,000

Xi Jinping has ordered worst-case scenario planning for floods, with emergency teams continuing evacuations and searches for missing people.

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Overview

  • Heavy monsoon downpours inundated Miyun, Huairou and Fangshan districts, closing dozens of roads and leaving over 130 villages without electricity.
  • Firefighters rescued 48 nursing home residents trapped by rising waters and are searching for eight people missing after a landslide near Chengde killed four.
  • Beijing Capital Airport activated a Level I emergency response and rescheduled flights to minimize disruptions as rainfall continues.
  • Authorities have evacuated more than 80,300 residents under top-level flood protocols and are fast-tracking relocations of at-risk communities.
  • Emergency responders are battling widespread power outages and infrastructure damage while forecasts predict further heavy precipitation.