China: 11 killed in Beijing as heavy rains hit city for a fourth day

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Eleven people have died due to heavy rainfall in Beijing, Chinese state media has reported, as a relentless downpour stretched into a fourth day. Another 27 people were missing as of 6 am (2200 GMT) on Tuesday, the state broadcaster CCTV reported, after a typhoon brought northern China non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding. Rivers have swollen to dangerous levels, prompting Beijing to use a flood storage reservoir for the first time since it was built 25 years ago. As of Monday night, China’s capital city had sealed off over 100 mountain roads and evacuated more than 52,000 people from their...