Heavy Rainfall by Typhoon Doksuri Hits Hard China’s Capital Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin

• Typhoon Doksuri triggers floods, causes heavy casualties in Beijing and Hebei of China
• Relief work underway in Beijing’s storm-hit areas

Beijing: Typhoon Doksuri’s strong winds and heavy rain caused flooding in capital Beijing as well as Hebei, Tianjin and eastern Shanxi region of Northern on Tuesday.

According to official sources, 11 people were killed and 27 others were reported missing, and a total of 127,000 people were relocated in Beijing due to continuous heavy rain.

Official reports showed that from 8 p.m. on Saturday to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, the average rainfall in the capital Beijing was 261.8 mm, with the maximum rainfall exceeding 700mm at the scenic spot in the Mentougou and Changping Districts.

Relief work underway in Beijing’s storm-hit areas

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday demanded all-out search and rescue efforts of the people missing or trapped in floods and geological disasters in an instruction on the work regarding flood prevention and disaster relief.

Local administrations, including the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Emergency Management directed to follow the instructions made by President Xi, fully guiding and helping the affected areas to search and rescue missing and trapped people, reduce casualties and relocate affected people.

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) 81st Group Army have joined rescue efforts to drop essential supplies from the air to inaccessible villages and airlift stranded residents in danger of drowning.

Between 2013 and 2022, there were a number of typhoons moving north such as Lekima, Rumbia and Capricorn, which all landed on the coast of east China and moved all the way north, causing heavy damage to many places.