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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Heavy rain in 17 of China's 33 provinces since last week are to blame for 95 deaths and the evacuation of more than a half-million people, officials said. The Civil Affairs Ministry said disasters caused by rain that began June 20 affected about 6.23...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
In Beijing, the toll from Saturday's rainstorms climbed to 37 as more bodies were retrieved, Xinhua reported. Among the victims, 25 drowned, six were killed in house collapses, one died due to lightning and five were electrocuted. The rains, the...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
EDT Serious concern has risen over the basic infrastructure in Beijing after a 20-hour torrential downpour wreaked havoc and claimed 37 lives. Millions have been affected by the rains and floods and nearly 60,000 people have been evacuated from their...
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Fox
| 10 months ago
Officials have raised the death toll to at least 37 in the heaviest rain storm to hit Beijing in six decades. Dozens of other storm deaths have been reported elsewhere in China. The rain Saturday night knocked down trees in Beijing and trapped cars...
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CNN
| 10 months ago
The "heaviest rain in six decades" in the Chinese capital of Beijing has left at least 37 people dead, the state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. The torrential downpour lasted 10 hours, with gusty winds in some areas and a tornado in one suburb,...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Officials have raised the death toll to at least 37 in the heaviest rainstorm to hit Beijing in six decades, and dozens of other storm deaths have been reported elsewhere in China.
The rain Saturday night knocked down trees in Beijing...
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Newyork Times
| 10 months ago
The heaviest rainfall in six decades caused widespread havoc in the capital over the weekend, killing at least 37 people and forcing the evacuation of 50,000 others from waterlogged neighborhoods and villages, according to the state news media. More...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
The heaviest rainfall in six decades caused widespread havoc in the capital over the weekend, killing at least 37 people and forcing the evacuation of 50,000 others from waterlogged neighborhoods and villages, according to the state news media. More...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
The death toll from the heaviest rain to hit Beijing in over 60 years has risen to 37, Chinese state media reported on Sunday. Xinhua news agency said more victims of the downpours which battered much of the capital throughout Saturday had been...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
A downpour of 18 inches killed at least 10 people in and around Beijing and sent 50,000 people fleeing to higher ground, Chinese authorities said Sunday. Weather officials said the drenching rainfall was the heaviest in 61 years, the state-run Xinhua...
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China News
| 10 months ago
The heaviest rain in six decades in the Chinese capital on Saturday has left at least 10 people dead, Beijing authorities said Sunday. About 1.9 million people were affected by the downpour which also incurred nearly 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in...
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B92
| 10 months ago
The heaviest rainfall to hit China in 60 years has claimed the lives of at least ten people. (Beta/AP) The storm started on Saturday afternoon and continued throughout the evening, leaving major roads in Beijing flooded. State media have reported...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
Flood water falls down a stairway as residents get out of the entrance to a subway station amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012. VOA News July 22, 2012 The heaviest rains to hit Beijing in more than six decades killed 10 people and forced...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
EDT At least 10 people were killed and thousands stranded in streets, subways and at the main airport of the Chinese capital Beijing as the city received record rainfall on Saturday afternoon, the heaviest in six decades. Most of the deaths were due...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
Torrential rain pounded the capital all day on Saturday, flooding roads and forcing the cancellation of more than 200 flights. More than 30,000 people were forced to evacuate amid the heavy rain, mostly from Beijing's outlying mountainous districts
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China News
| 10 months ago
Sunday, more than 30,000 residents in districts of Fangshan, Huairou, Mentougou and Pinggu as well as Miyun and Yanqing counties were relocated, the city's floods control headquarters said at 9 a.m. In Fangshan, where the maximum precipitation...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
China Torrential rains that lashed large areas of northern and southwestern China since Friday night have killed at least 13 people, said authorities Saturday night. Beijing received 95 mm of rain till Saturday evening, with the suburban Mentougou...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 10 months ago
The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in six decades killed at least 10 people and left cars and buses submerged, and 10 other storm deaths were reported elsewhere as China braced Sunday for more downpours. The rain Saturday night knocked down trees in...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
19pm Beijing The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in 61 years left at least 10 people dead over the weekend, while more downpours were forecast for northeast and southwest China, state press said Sunday. Torrential rain pounded the capital all day...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
The heaviest rain storm in six decades to hit the Chinese capital killed at least 10 people and caused widespread chaos, flooding streets and stranding 80,000 people at the city's main airport, state media reported on Sunday. The storm, which started...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Beijing hit by deadly deluge Chaos at the capital's Guangqumen overpass as cars are deluged The heaviest rainfall to hit China's capital Beijing in 60 years has left 10 people dead and stranded thousands at the main airport. The deluge struck on...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
China's government says the heaviest rains to hit Beijing in six decades have killed at least 10 people.
The torrential downpour Saturday night left low-lying streets flooded and knocked down trees. News reports said roofs of some...
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China News
| 10 months ago
TV broadcaster owned by the state-owned China Central Television. Guo Jinlong, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the city's top chief. The biggest precipitation occurred in the suburban district of Fangshan,...
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Associated Press
| 10 months ago
China's government says the heaviest rains to hit Beijing in six decades have killed at least 10 people. The torrential downpour Saturday night left low-lying streets flooded and knocked down trees...The national weather bureau said Sunday that at...
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China News
| 10 months ago
Firefighters and volunteers rescue passengers trapped by deep water in Beijing on July 21, 2012. The heaviest rain in 61 years that lashed Beijing Saturday have left at least four people dead and six others injured, local authorities said. The heavy...
