2023-08-05 13:37:00
The torrential rains that have been hitting northern China for a week have left at least 10 additional dead and 18 missing on Saturday in Hebei province, neighboring the capital Beijing, according to the authorities.
This provisional assessment made at midday was communicated by officials in Baoding, one of the hardest hit cities and located about 150 km from Beijing.
Entire areas of northern China have been affected by historic heavy rains that have battered days in Beijing and its surrounding areas.
They caused major flooding and caused considerable damage.
Saturday noon (04:00 GMT), more than 600,000 people in Baoding located in areas deemed to be at risk had been evacuated, the town hall said.
More than a million people out of the 11.5 million in the city are affected by these bad weather, she said in a statement.
In Beijing and its greater region, clean-up operations continue after the worst rainfall in years, which destroyed infrastructure and flooded entire neighborhoods.
Chinese authorities announced on Friday that natural disasters left 147 people dead or missing in the country in July.
The Beijing Meteorological Service said on Wednesday that the rains that hit the Chinese capital were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago.
Scientists point out that these meteorological phenomena are exacerbated by climate change.
05/08/2023 13:36:49 – Beijing (AFP) – © 2023 AFP
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