'All gone': Beijing villagers left with nothing after deadly floods

Hu Yuefang, 45, shows the window through which her family escaped from the flooding of her house after the recent rains in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing on July 30, 2025. - AFP

HUAIROU, China: Villager Hu Yuefang returned to her home on the rural outskirts of Beijing to pick up medicine for her elderly and disabled father, only to find it had been washed away by some of worst flooding to hit the Chinese capital in years.

Swathes of northern China have endured deadly rains and floods this week that killed at least 48 people and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands.