Major disaster in northern China, a year’s worth of rain fell in one day

Baoding: Major disaster in northern China, clouds dropped a year’s worth of rain in one day.

According to the news agency, 448 millimeters of rain fell in 12 hours in Yi County, Baoding District. Heavy rain turned roads into rivers, and many bridges were washed away or became impassable.

Roads, bridges and other infrastructure were flooded in many areas, including Zhuzhou City, the power system was badly affected, and hundreds of homes were plunged into darkness.
According to the news agency, 19,000 people from 6,171 homes have had to be urgently evacuated to safer places so far.

Police and rescue workers spent hours trying to rescue people trapped in the water, and heavy rain alerts were issued in Beijing and surrounding areas.

According to the news agency, landslide warnings were also issued in several districts.