Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power around the Chinese capital

Shanghai is bracing for heavy rain from a tropical storm that’s tracking toward China’s financial hub, a day after flooding killed at least 30 people in Beijing and cut power to villages.

At least 38 people have died in the #Beijing region in #China after it was battered by almost a year’s worth of rain in a handful of days, setting off flooding and landslides, cutting off power and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 30 people in Beijing, after a year’s worth of rain fell in less than a week, according to state media. Beijing authorities said they have relocated a further 80,

At least 30 people have died in Beijing as northern China experiences days of heavy rain and flooding. The BBC's Stephen McDonell is in Miyun, northeast of Beijing, where authorities have mobilised the People's Armed Police to assist in the mountain areas affected by the severe weather.

Parts of Beijing and northern China are awash after heavy rains, and more than 80,000 people have been evacuated.

Authorities in Beijing's northern suburbs and adjacent provinces were scrambling to reach victims of deadly flooding caused by extreme rainy season downpours.