Beijing boosts recovery efforts after typhoon disaster, casualties

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Open this photo in gallery: Rescue workers in a boat go through a flooded street in a neighbourhood where days of heavy rain from remnants of Typhoon Doksuri cause heavy damage in Beijing, on Aug. 1.THOMAS PETER/Reuters Beijing and nearby cities stepped up rescue efforts on Tuesday after rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri disrupted services and food supplies and claimed 20 lives in one of the worst storms to hit northern China in over a decade. Beijing’s Fangshan district said it would deploy helicopters to drop off food, drinking water and emergency supplies to villages in...