On Monday, Beijing placed most of his hilly districts on the highest readiness for torrential rains and urged the inhabitants against unnecessarily after the deadliest floods to hit the Chinese capital since 2012.
4. According to local authorities, the risk of lightning floods and landslides is “extremely high”.
5. In the summer of 2012, 79 people died in Beijing in Beijing in the smallest floods. The Fangshan district was the worst hit, one inhabitant reporting a flood waters of 1.3 meters in just 10 minutes.
6. Beijing’s topography was described by some as a “rain trap”, and its mountains in the west and north capture humid air and intensify any subsequent precipitation as a result.
7. In the province of southern Guangdong at the weekend, the bodies of five people were obtained after an extensive search operation involving more than 1,300 rescuers.
8. Five people who did not participate on Friday evening have been “sweeping” in recent days after heavy downpours, Xinhua’s official press agency reported on Sunday.
(Tagstotranslate) Beijing topography
