Overview

• A deadly mudslide in Xigou village, Hebei, killed four people and left eight missing.
• Officials evacuated over 8,600 residents in Hebei’s Fuping and more than 80,000 in Beijing’s mountain districts as rivers flooded.
• National Emergency Management Authority teams have been dispatched to assist local efforts, and President Xi Jinping ordered maximum search, rescue and relocation operations.
• The National Development and Reform Commission released 50 million yuan to finance relief and reconstruction in the hardest-hit areas.
• Floodwaters washed out roads, toppled power lines and caused a bus crash in Shanxi where rescuers saved one passenger and 13 remain missing.