Rains intensify round Beijing, 4,000 evacuated

Colossal rain continued to pound the northwestern suburban space of Miyun in Beijing, inflicting flash floods and landslides, and plenty of villages have been affected, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Northern China has seen file precipitation in recent times, exposing densely populated cities, together with Beijing, to flood dangers. Some scientists hyperlink the elevated rainfall in China’s normally arid north to international warming.

The storms are a part of the broader sample of utmost climate throughout China as a result of East Asian monsoon, which has triggered disruptions on the planet’s second-largest financial system.

Xiwanzi Village in Shicheng Town, close to Miyun Reservoir, was severely affected, CCTV stated on Monday (July 28, 2025) with a further 100 villagers transferred to a major college for shelter.

It comes after the utmost flood peak circulation into the Miyun reservoir reached a file excessive of 6550 cubic meters per second, Beijing authorities stated on Sunday (July 27, 2025).

In neighbouring Shanxi province, movies from state media confirmed roads inundated by sturdy gushing currents and submerged vegetation together with crops and timber.

Authorities are finishing up search and rescue work throughout cities together with Datong, the place a driver in a Ford automotive has misplaced contact whereas driving within the floods, the People’s Daily reported.

China’s Water Resources Ministry has issued focused flood warnings to 11 provinces and areas, together with Beijing and neighbouring Hebei, for floods from small and midsize rivers and mountain torrents.

Two have been lifeless and two lacking in Hebei province, CCTV stated on Sunday (July 27, 2025) morning. Overnight rain dumped a file 145 mm (5.7 inches) per hour on Fuping within the industrial metropolis of Baoding.

Chinese authorities carefully monitor excessive rainfall and extreme flooding, as they problem the nation’s ageing flood defences, threaten to displace thousands and thousands and wreak havoc on China’s $2.8 trillion agricultural sector.