Beijing: Storms in northern China paid almost a year of precipitation on Baoding, an industrial city at the Porte de la Capitale Beijin, forcing more than 19,000 people out of their house while the streets were starting to pass underwater and the roads were cut.
Up to 447.4 mm (17.6 inches) of rain fell into Yi, in the western part of Baoding, in the 24 hours until early Friday morning, and the files were reset in a number of meteorological stations in the province of Hebei, of which Baoding is part.
Official files show that annual precipitation in baud averages greater than 500 mm.
A total of 19,453 people from 6,171 households were evacuated, said China Meteorological Administration (CMA) in a social media position.
The forecastist did not mention where the residents were moved, but shared a short clip showing two police officers in the neon-profinated rain jackets in a street full of water while the rains spilled at night.
The forecastist compared the quantity of precipitation to the exceptional precipitation brought by a powerful typhoon in 2023, which flooded the Beijing capital with invisible rains since the start of the files 140 years ago.
The Zhuozhou de Baoding, which underwent devastating floods under these rains two years ago, saw access to several bridges and cut routes after the storms triggered more than 190 mm of rain by Friday morning.
North China has experienced record precipitation in recent years, exhibiting densely populated cities, especially Beijing at the risk of flooding. Some scientists connect the highest precipitation in the generally arid north to global warming.
The province of Hebei recorded 640.3 mm in annual precipitation last year, 26.6% more than its average of several decades, according to the CMA climate bulletin in 2024 in the province.
The report indicates that Hebei has recorded annual precipitation greater than the consecutive average since 2020.
Last summer, BAUDING, as well as the neighboring cities Zhangjiakou, Langfang, Xiongan and Cangzhou had 40% more than the usual seasonal precipitation, with certain areas located in Baoding recording 80% more rains, according to the report.
The intensification of precipitation is part of the wider scheme of extreme time across China due to the monsoon of East Asia, which caused disturbances in the second world economy.
The Chinese authorities are victims of extreme precipitation and serious floods while they question the defenses of the aging floods of China, threaten to move millions and wreaks wreaking to an agricultural sector of 2.8 billions of dollars.
Friday morning, Baoding maintained a red alert for heavy rains, while Hebei improved his preparation for the emergency response.
About 160 km (100 miles) of Baoding, Beijing was not spared.
The rains were to intensify, potentially accumulating at more than 50 mm over a period of six o’clock from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning in a certain number of districts, diffuser of Video surveillance said.
The capital should see the strongest precipitation since the start of its flooding season, potentially triggering sudden floods, debris that rush into the mountains, landslides and other secondary disasters, Video surveillance reported.
Elsewhere in the north of the country, the heavy rains disrupted rail service in interior Mongolia while the authorities suspended several passenger trains passing through high -risk areas from Friday to Tuesday.
