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China’s northeast braces for Doksuri fallout after typhoon takes toll on Hebei
- About 960,000 people relocated from flood control zones in the province amid effort to drain Beijing
- Rivers on the rise in Heilongjiang and thunderstorms expected across much of the country
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More than 1½ million people in the Chinese province of Hebei have abandoned their homes to avoid rising floodwaters as record rainfall carves a trail of destruction through the country’s north.
State news agency Xinhua said on Saturday that about 960,000 of the 1.54 million people relocated in the province neighbouring Beijing were from flood control zones.
Hebei has shouldered a heavy burden to protect the capital, opening up flood control zones along waterways to drain the deluge from Beijing.
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Residents in those zones had to move to higher ground as Hebei Communist Party boss Ni Yuefeng committed the province to becoming the capital’s “moat”.
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Rescue operations continue after severe flooding in northern China from Typhoon Doksuri
Rescue operations continue after severe flooding in northern China from Typhoon Doksuri
Since making landfall more than a week ago, former typhoon Doksuri has dumped record amounts of rain on Beijing and surrounding areas, leading to widespread floods.
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