33 dead, 18 still missing after record Beijing rains

Beijing (AFP) Aug 9, 2023

Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing’s heaviest rains on record, officials said Wednesday.

China’s capital has been hit by record downpours in recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swaths of the city’s suburbs and surrounding areas.

Floods in China’s southwestern Sichuan province also killed seven people on Wednesday, state medi
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