Heavy rain and the high water levels of China's northeastern rivers are threatening cities downstream, prompting the evacuation of thousands. Hebei province, which surrounds the capital Beijing on three sides, issued alerts for several of its cities.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, trapped residents are rescued by boat in the flood-hit Fangshan district on the outskirts of Beijing on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region, turning streets into canals where emergency crews used rubber boats to rescue stranded residents.
Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia. A man washes his clothes in a stream near debris left over after flood waters devastate the village of Nanxinfang village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.
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