Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the country's disaster relief systems struggling to contain the aftermath of one of the strongest storms in years.
Almost 15,000 residents were moved out of the city of Shulan in corn-growing Jilin province, where one person was dead and four others missing, according to state media.
State news agency China News Service showed images of waterlogged streets around factories and homes in Shulan, a city of more than 700,000.battering northern ChinaIn Beijing, city authorities on Saturday warned of sinkholes and mudslides in the Fangshan and Mentougou outer districts of the capital. Floodwaters could take up to a month to recede in Hebei province, a water resources department official told state media.
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