Beijing in distress as torrential downpours continue for fourth day

 

Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities on Tuesday after a typhoon brought northern China non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding.  Typhoon Doksuri one of the strongest storms to hit China in years, disrupted services and food supplies and claimed 20 lives in one of the worst storms in over a decade.

China's capital city had sealed off over 100 mountain roads and evacuated more than 52,000 people from their homes.

Beijing's Fangshan district said it would deploy helicopters to drop off food, drinking water and emergency supplies to villages in mountainous areas that have been cut off.