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Beijing’s Heaviest Rain in 60 Years Leaves 37 Dead

Shanghai Daily
July 23, 2012
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Beijing's heaviest rainstorm in six decades killed at least 37 people, flooded streets and stranded 80,000 people at the main airport.

The storm, which began on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses.

The Beijing city government said last night that of the people who died, 25 drowned, six were crushed when their homes collapsed, five were electrocuted and one was struck by lightning.

Twenty-two of the bodies have been identified, it said.

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