Thirty Dead As Northern China Hit By Heavy Rain, Landslides

Thirty people died and over 80,000 others were relocated in the latest round of heavy rainstorms in Beijing on Tuesday.

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00:00heavy rains have caused devastation in Beijing and parts of northern China in

00:10the last 48 hours at least 30 people have died and over 80,000 residents have

00:16been evacuated from the capital city we were notified to evacuate at 3 a.m. this

00:23morning thankfully our village party secretary was still awake otherwise our

00:28village would have been flooded too he's very responsible it's just the roads

00:35were washed out everyone it's safe

00:41authorities say this is one of the worst rainstorms in recent years roads are

00:46flooded power is out in over 130 villages and many homes are damaged in Mian

00:52floodwaters swept away cars and made roads impossible rescue teams use

00:58boats and machines to evacuate people and even rescued 48 residents from a care

01:03center Chinese president Xi Jinping has urged officials to prepare for the worst

01:09and act quickly to protect lives the government has released emergency funds

01:14to help affected areas and support relief efforts meanwhile landslides in her Bay

01:20province killed four people and eight others are still missing flood alerts are

01:25in place for many regions with warnings to avoid dangerous areas experts say

01:30climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe many

01:36villagers say they have never seen flooding like this in their lifetime I'm

01:42almost 70 years old I have never seen so much water before we did some

01:47preparations but we had no idea that they would be this much China now faces the

01:54challenge of recovery rescue and rebuilding