The death toll from recent flooding in China’s capital rose to 33, including five rescuers, and another 18 people are missing, officials said Wednesday, as much of the country’s north remains threatened by unusually heavy rainfall.
Days of heavy rain hit areas in Beijing’s mountainous western outskirts especially hard, causing the collapse of 59,000 homes, damage to almost 150,000 others and flooding of more than 15,000 hectares of cropland, according to the city government.
Scores of roads were damaged, along with more than 100 bridges, Xia Linmao, a Beijing vice-mayor, said at a news conference on Wednesday.
The casualty and damage numbers were
