Beijing: At least 44 people were killed and nine missing in rain-triggered floods over the past week in Beijing, local officials said on Thursday. Officials in Beijing have launched all-out disaster relief and rescue operations in the last four days after a fresh spell of intense rainstorm damaged roads, disrupted power supply, and prompted mass evacuations.
Forty-four people were killed and nine others were listed missing, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted local officials as saying.
The deaths reportedly occurred in Beijing’s northern mountainous districts in Miyun and Yanqing, according to local authorities. Heavy rains started on Saturday.
Earlier on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping had ordered all-out efforts to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property in the fight against rain-triggered floods and geological disasters affecting some parts of China.