Capital flood death toll hits 37
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> 20-<span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="of">of</span> 37 <span word="people">people</span> - 25 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="drowning">drowning</span>.</p><p><span word="Millions">Millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deluge">deluge</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="evacuated">evacuated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="homes">homes</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="deluge">deluge</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 10 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($1.6 <span word="billion">billion</span>), <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="municipal">municipal</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="southwestern">southwestern</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fangshan">Fangshan</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hardest">hardest</span> <span word="hit">hit</span>. <span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 56,933 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="evacuated">evacuated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>, 20,990 <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Fangshan">Fangshan</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="landslides">landslides</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="district">district</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rainfall">rainfall</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 460 <span word="millimeters">millimeters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="district">district</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="was">was</span> 170 <span word="mm">mm</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1951.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Juma">Juma</span> <span word="River">River</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="runs">runs</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="Fangshan">Fangshan</span>, <span word="flooded">flooded</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="maximum">maximum</span> <span word="volume">volume</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 2,500 <span word="cubic">cubic</span> <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="second">second</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flow">flow</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> "<span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span>", <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="Few">Few</span> <span word="Fangshan">Fangshan</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="prepared">prepared</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="downpour">downpour</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="warning">warning</span>.</p><p><span word="Guo">Guo</span> <span word="Yanwei">Yanwei</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 25-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Changkuang">Changkuang</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Fangshan">Fangshan</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="holding">holding</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="home">home</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> 5:30 <span word="pm">pm</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="doorstep">doorstep</span>. <span word="Just">Just</span> 10 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="floodwaters">floodwaters</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="depth">depth</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1.3 <span word="meters">meters</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="forecast">forecast</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="overwhelming">overwhelming</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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