The facility sat on low-lying ground near a river that had flooded after the unusually intense rain. It housed 69 residents, ...

Torrential rains in Beijing kill 44, leave 9 missing; President Xi orders emergency relief, over 80,000 evacuated.

Beijing city officials have admitted they were not fully prepared for the heavy rains that recently struck the capital, killing 44 people and leaving nine still missing. The rains, which began on July ...

Villager Hu Yuefang returned to her home on the rural outskirts of Beijing to pick up medicine for her elderly and disabled ...

At least 60 people have been killed and nine are missing due to severe flooding and extreme rain in Beijing and Hebei ...

Officials in Beijing have launched all-out disaster relief and rescue operations in the last four days after a fresh spell of ...

Flooding from torrential rain in northeastern China has killed at least 60 people since July 29, according to Xia Linmao, the deputy mayor of Beijing, China’s capital city.  The region hit hardest was ...

BEIJING: Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday (Jul 31) they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes ...

Over 300,000 people have been affected and more than 24,000 homes damaged in Beijing since heavy rains started on July 23, ...

Flash floods in China have triggered a 'gold rush' after an estimated $1.4 million worth of gold, diamond, and silver jewelry ...

Beijing is no stranger to flooding, particularly in the summer months. One of the deadliest in recent memory occurred in July ...