Watch | Floods in China flip cars, submerge Chinese capital's roads
Chinese capital has been under the grip of worst torrential rains in years since past few days
The incessant rain in and around China's capital Beijing has so far killed at least 20 people and an unspecified number of people remain missing at the time of filing this report. During the ongoing spell of disastrous rainfall in the region, the visuals showing dramatic moments from the flood have gone viral on social media.
One of the viral videos show the visuals of flood in western Beijing recorded from a high-speed train.
"There are many mountainous areas in Mentougou District in the west of Beijing, and heavy rains have brought huge floods."
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"Beijing Daxing Airport is downstream of it," a user by the handle 'Trip In China' posted on 'X', the rebranded version of Twitter.
The flood in western Beijing seen on the high-speed train.
There are many mountainous areas in Mentougou District in the west of Beijing, and heavy rains have brought huge floods.
Beijing Daxing Airport is downstream of it. pic.twitter.com/7dhnDxMIcz — Sharing Travel (@TripInChina) August 1, 2023
People reacted with expressions of shock to the visuals of rampaging floods in and around the Chinese capital.
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"Shocking to see. There are so many low lying areas around the world and when you get a years rain in a few days, nothing can stop it. The intensity of natural disasters are definitely getting worse," wrote a user.
Another video showed gripping moments after a person's car got flipped over by the flash flood.
Bridge collapsed, cars washed down, #flood near #Beijing’s west fifth ring road, today. #CCP #China #Chinanews pic.twitter.com/uFItoqljpQ — Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng 曾錚真言 (@jenniferzeng97) July 31, 2023
Thousands of people were evacuated to shelters in schools and other public buildings in suburban Beijing and in the nearby cities of Tianjin and Zhuozhou, Associated Press reported.
The severity of the flood has taken Beijing residents by shock and surprise this year. The Chinese capital usually has dry summers but this year, Beijing witnessed a stretch of record-breaking heat.
Storm Doksuri has been causing widespread flooding and has led to chaos across northern China.
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