Roads turn to rivers in Beijing after typhoon
In Beijing's western suburbs, cars were swept away on Monday (July 31) as relentless rain since the weekend continued, killing at least two and trapping hundreds. - REUTERS
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00:00 In some suburbs of Beijing, roads have become fast-flowing rivers.
00:05 This was the scene on Sunday in Wuhan City after relentless rain since the weekend.
00:10 This man stranded in his car in the gushing floodwaters was rescued by firefighters.
00:17 Hundreds of roads have become flooded in the country's capital.
00:21 Social media posts showed floating cars and road signs in Mentugu district being pulled
00:27 along by fast-moving torrents.
00:29 This is the remnants of Typhoon Dok Suri dumped record rainfall on the city of nearly 22 million.
00:36 Two bodies were found in a river during an emergency patrol in Mentugu, as rescuers pulled
00:42 hundreds to safety in other parts of the city.
00:46 At least two people have been killed and hundreds trapped despite an overnight evacuation of
00:51 tens of thousands from their homes.
00:53 This mountain road in Gansu province in northern China crumbled away as floodwater gushed against
00:59 it.
01:00 Emergency personnel created a rope bridge to evacuate two trapped workers.
01:07 Another road in a village in Fangshan district collapsed amid the record rainfall.
01:16 Hundreds of thousands of people were driven from their homes in the southern province
01:19 of Fujian.
01:21 Average rainfall in Beijing reached seven inches between Saturday night and Monday afternoon.
01:26 The maximum recorded rainfall at a weather station in Mentugu hit 23 inches, according
01:32 to state media.