Thirty dead in Beijing following heavy rain, Xinhua reports

People check on high waters in a flood-affected area after heavy rains above a bridge at Xin'anzhuang village, in Miyun district, on the outskirts of Beijing on July 28, 2025. A landslide triggered by unusually heavy rain killed four people and left eight others missing in northern China's Hebei province, state media said on July 28, as downpours forced thousands to evacuate. - AFP

BEIJING: Thirty people were killed in Beijing as of midnight on Monday (July 28) as as almost a year's worth of rain hit the capital in a matter of days, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

The deaths were reported in Beijing's mountainous northern districts, with 28 in Miyun and two in Yanqing. State media did not specify when or how the deaths occurred.