IN PHOTOS: Deadly floods in China leave parts of the country underwater
An aerial view of the flood devastated Nanxinfang village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.As Doksuri’s rain clouds headed north, a subtropical and continental high-pressure system in the atmosphere blocked their passage, leading to the continuing convergence of water vapour that acted like a dam storing water, meteorologists say.At the same time, typhoon Khanun was gathering strength in the Western Pacific.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers remove fallen debris from a railway track on the outskirts of Beijing on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.In Beijing, hundreds of roads were flooded and flights were either delayed or cancelled. School classes in the city of more than 20 million were also suspended.
“The water went over the bridge, and then suddenly there was a mudslide that blocked the bridge, and then the water slowly seeped over,” he told reporters on Friday.
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