Beijing weather service says recent showers most powerful in last 140 years

The heavy rains that hit the Chinese capital in the past few days have become the strongest in the last 140 years, according to the meteorological department of the city, Report informs referring to TASS.

According to the department’s Weibo page, from July 29 to August 2, the weather was extreme. Some 744.8 mm of precipitation fell at one of the observation sites in the northern Beijing Changping region. According to the department, the previous record, set in July 1891, was 609 mm.

According to official figures, as a result of floods caused by heavy rains, 11 people were killed in Beijing, and 27 more are missing. Authorities evacuated tens of thousands of residents.