Beijing battered by heavy rainstorms

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Published on Sep 2, 2014

Downpours began late Monday afternoon in Beijing causing massive traffic disruption during rush hour on the first day back at school for many of the city’s students. And a total of 122 flights have been canceled at Beijing Capital International Airport due to the heavy rain, with 46 flights being delayed for over two hours as of early Tuesday morning.

 

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Eleven dead, 27 missing in China rainstorms

AFP
September 3, 2014, 8:43 am

Beijing (AFP) - Eleven people died and 27 others are missing after torrential rains battered southwest China's Chongqing municipality, causing thousands of houses to collapse, state media said late Tuesday.

Nearly 40,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the local government as saying.

In Fengjie County, on the vast Yangtze river, landslides have formed two barrier lakes, with the water level rising a metre (three feet) an hour, according to local flood control officers.

More than one thousand local residents have been evacuated from the surrounding area.

The missing include 11 coal miners who were buried by a landslide on Monday, Xinhua reported.

The news agency said a total of 2,251 houses had collapsed in the rainstorms, while 25,000 more homes have been damaged.