Heavy rains battered northern China on Monday, leaving at least two people dead in Beijing, according to media reports.
The heavy rains washed away cars and inundated subway stations, with the capital issuing its highest alerts for flooding and landslides.
Meanwhile, the state-run People’s Daily revealed that Emergency personnel recovered two bodies from waterways in Beijing’s Mentougou district on Monday.
Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon, has swept northwards over China since Friday when it hit southern Fujian province after scything through the Philippines.
AFP reporters witnessed tree branches and dented cars, left by receding floodwaters, strewn on riverbanks in Mentougou on Monday afternoon.
“This morning it was crazy, the water overflowed the Mentougou river and the whole avenue was flooded,” Guo Zhenyu, a 49-year-old resident, told AFP.
More than 31,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Beijing, work at more than 4,000 construction sites was halted, almost 20,000 buildings were inspected for damage, and scenic spots in the city were closed, media reported.
