Record-breaking rainfall with an unusually long duration triggered by the arrival of Typhoon Doksuri in late July has battered northern China for a week, causing massive flooding and disrupting the lives of millions.
HOW SEVERE WAS THE RAINFALL?and northern China, with the vast Haihe river basin experiencing the worst flooding caused by storms since 1963.
As large amounts of vapour gathered in northern China, it was then lifted up by a low-altitude wind, shifting precipitation east of the Taihang mountain range, where the worst-hit areas - including Beijing's Fangshan and Mentougou districts - are located. The interaction of the two typhoons sustained the circulation while increasing the amount of precipitation, leading to an extended and intensified impact from the storms, Chinese meteorologists told media.In urban parts of Beijing, hundreds of roads were flooded. Hundreds of flights were either delayed or cancelled.
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