Beijing flood death toll hits 77
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lashed">lashed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="climbed">climbed</span> <span word="to">to</span> 77, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="retrieved">retrieved</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="municipal">municipal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="night">night</span>.</p><p><span word="Eleven">Eleven</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="identified">identified</span>.</p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 66 <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="victims">victims</span>, <span word="five">five</span> <span word="perished">perished</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="duty">duty</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Information">Information</span> <span word="Office">Office</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="municipal">municipal</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remaining">remaining</span> 61 <span word="civilian">civilian</span> <span word="victims">victims</span>, 36 <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> 25 <span word="women">women</span>, 46 <span word="drowned">drowned</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="electric">electric</span> <span word="shock">shock</span>. <span word="Collapsed">Collapsed</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="trauma">trauma</span>-<span word="induced">induced</span> <span word="shock">shock</span>.</p><p><span word="Falling">Falling</span> <span word="objects">objects</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="lightning">lightning</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="massive">massive</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="flow">flow</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="operations">operations</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="delay">delay</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="releasing">releasing</span> <span word="figures">figures</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Pan">Pan</span> <span word="Anjun">Anjun</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="municipal">municipal</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="relief">relief</span> <span word="headquarters">headquarters</span>. <span word="Identification">Identification</span> <span word="procedures">procedures</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="thoroughly">thoroughly</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="heaviest">heaviest</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="battered">battered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="precipitation">precipitation</span> <span word="reaching">reaching</span> 170 <span word="mm">mm</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="suburban">suburban</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fangshan">Fangshan</span>, <span word="saw">saw</span> 460 <span word="mm">mm</span>.</p><p><span word="Homes">Homes</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="flooded">flooded</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="staying">staying</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="temporary">temporary</span> <span word="shelters">shelters</span>.</p><p><span word="Homes">Homes</span> <span word="beneath">beneath</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="neighborhood">neighborhood</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="northwestern">northwestern</span> <span word="corner">corner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Guangqumen">Guangqumen</span> <span word="Bridge">Bridge</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="flooded">flooded</span>, <span word="forcing">forcing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 300 <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="temporary">temporary</span> <span word="shelter">shelter</span>.</p>
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