Beijing rainstorm cancels flights, kills airport employee
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="torrential">torrential</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cleaning">cleaning</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="lightning">lightning</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Capital">Capital</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Airport">Airport</span>.</p><p><span word="Thundershowers">Thundershowers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="forecast">forecast</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Meteorological">Meteorological</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="at">at</span> 3 <span word="pm">pm</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span> <span word="streams">streams</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="meteorological">meteorological</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="uses">uses</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="four">four</span>-<span word="tier">tier</span> <span word="color">color</span>-<span word="coded">coded</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="system">system</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="severe">severe</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="orange">orange</span>, <span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blue">blue</span>.</p><p><span word="From">From</span> 7 <span word="am">am</span> <span word="to">to</span> 5 <span word="pm">pm</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="precipitation">precipitation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="was">was</span> 23.2 <span word="mm">mm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heaviest">heaviest</span> <span word="was">was</span> 100.8 <span word="mm">mm</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Qinglongqiao">Qinglongqiao</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Haidian">Haidian</span> <span word="district">district</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Pu">Pu</span>, <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="oversees">oversees</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Drainage">Drainage</span> <span word="Group">Group</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="bridges">bridges</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="rains">rains</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forecast">forecast</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="night">night</span>.</p><p><span word="Witnesses">Witnesses</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Capital">Capital</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Airport">Airport</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="unconscious">unconscious</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parking">parking</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Terminal">Terminal</span> 3 <span word="after">after</span> <span word="loud">loud</span> <span word="thunder">thunder</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lightning">lightning</span> <span word="at">at</span> 8 <span word="am">am</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>.</p><p><span word="Airport">Airport</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="lightning">lightning</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="pronounced">pronounced</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="By">By</span> 5 <span word="pm">pm</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Capital">Capital</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Airport">Airport</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="canceled">canceled</span> 279 <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="postponed">postponed</span> 196 <span word="others">others</span>. <span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="canceled">canceled</span> 102 <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rescheduled">rescheduled</span> 39 <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>.</p>
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