China: Beijing records record rainfall in the past 140 years
Friday, July 4, 02 | 08:2023:16
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On August 2, China's Beijing Hydrographic Station announced that it had recorded the largest amount of rain not seen in 8 years as rain continuously poured down the capital in recent days due to the influence of Typhoon Doksuri.
Flood scene on a street in Beijing, China.
The maximum rainfall measured at the Wangjiayuan reservoir in Changping county was 744,8mm, the highest level in 140 years since the agency started collecting statistics.
Typhoon Doksuri swept across northern China after making landfall in the southern province of Fujian last week. Since July 29, heavy rain has begun to pour down on the capital and surrounding areas, with the amount of rain measured within 7 hours, nearly equal to the average rainfall of the whole month of July here.
On the afternoon of August 1, China's Ministry of Water Resources raised the flood emergency response warning to level I, the highest level, in the Hai Ha (Haihe) river basin due to continuous heavy rains causing the water levels of 8 rivers to rise. here exceeded the alarm level. On the morning of August 16, the Beijing capital government lifted the red warning for flooding when the water flow in major rivers receded below the warning level.
State broadcaster CCTV reported that at least 20 people had died and 13 were still missing due to floods in the capital Beijing and neighboring Hebei province. Floodwaters have also destroyed many roads, causing many trees to be uprooted.
* In the context that Typhoon Khanun, the sixth typhoon this year in China, is moving northwest towards the East China Sea, on August 2, the National Meteorological Administration (NMC) extended the color warning. blue for this storm.
NMC forecasts, within 24 hours from 8:2 am on August 8, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang), Jilin (Jilin), Sichuan (Sichuan), Guizhou (Guizhou), Yunnan provinces (Yunnan) and Hainan (Hainan) will have heavy rain and thunderstorms. Some places in these areas are likely to record a maximum hourly rainfall of over 60mm, gusts of over 100km/h with hail. NMC recommends that the authorities and people of the above areas urgently prepare for storm response. Schools should take appropriate precautions to ensure student safety.
According to hanoimoi.vn
