Storms in northern China have poured nearly a year's rainfall on Baoding, an industrial city on the doorstep of the capital Beijing, forcing over 19,000 people out of their homes as streets began to go under water and roads were being cut off.
As much as 447.4 mm (17.6 inches) of rain fell in Yi, in the western part of Baoding, in the 24 hours to early Friday morning, and records were reset at a number of weather stations in Hebei province, which Baoding is part of.
Official records show annual rainfall in Baoding averages above 500 mm.
A total of 19,453 people from 6,171 households were evacuated, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said in a social media post.
Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power around the Chinese capital, killing at least 38 people by Tuesday and rescue and relief work continued.
The flood risk for parts of Beijing, Hebei province and neighboring Tianjin city remained high until Tuesday evening.
Premier Li Qiang said the heavy rain and flooding in the hard-hit Beijing district of Miyun caused "serious casualties" and called for rescue efforts, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
The storm knocked out power in more than 130 villages in Beijing, destroyed communication lines and damaged more than 30 sections of road. More than 16 centimeters (6 inches) of rain fell on average in Beijing by midnight, with two towns in Miyun recording 54 centimeters (21 inches) of precipitation, the city said.
Heavy flooding washed away cars and downed power poles in Miyun, an outlying district that borders Hebei's Luanping county. More than 80,000 people have been relocated in Beijing, including about 17,000 in Miyun, a Beijing city statement said.
The city government said 28 people died in Miyun and two others in Yanqing district Monday.
Four additional people in neighboring Hebei province were discovered dead Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after eight people were said to be missing after a landslide in a rural part of Luanping county in the province. Authorities had found four of the dead Monday.
Emergency rescue teams said more landslides occurred in the same region Tuesday, although they did not report any further casualties.
Uprooted trees lay in piles in the town of Taishitun, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of central Beijing. Streets were covered with water, with mud left higher up on the walls of buildings.
Extreme weather killed at least 60 people in northern China over the past week, with 31 deaths in an elderly care home in Beijing's hilly Miyun district in one of the deadliest floods to have hit the Chinese capital in years.
In Beijing, 44 people were killed and nine were missing as of midday Thursday, deputy mayor of Beijing, Xia Linmao, said at a press conference.
Heavy rains began a week ago and peaked around Beijing and surrounding provinces on Monday, with Miyun experiencing rainfall of up to 573.5 mm (22.6 inches) - levels local media described as "extremely destructive." The average annual rainfall in Beijing is around 600 mm.
In the nearby province of Hebei, 16 people died as a result of the intense rainfall, authorities said.
At least eight were killed in the city of Chengde just outside Beijing, with 18 unaccounted for.
The deaths occurred in villages within the Xinglong area of Chengde in Hebei province, state-run Xinhua reported late on Wednesday citing local authorities, without specifying when or how the people died.
The deaths in Chengde occurred in villages which border Beijing's Miyun about 25 km (16 miles) from the Miyun reservoir, the largest in China's north.
The reservoir saw record-breaking overall water levels and capacity during the rains which devastated nearby towns.
At its peak on Sunday, up to 6,550 cubic metres of water - about 2.5 Olympic-sized pools' worth - flooded into the reservoir every second.
In another Hebei village north of the reservoir, a landslide on Monday killed eight people, with four missing.
Russia's Klyuchevskoy volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula began erupting following a powerful earthquake in the Pacific on Wednesday, according to the country's geological monitoring agency.
According to reports from the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the volcano emitted a column of ash reaching 3 kilometers above sea level.
"Right now, Klyuchevsky volcano is erupting," it said.
Ash clouds have extended eastward, covering distances of up to 58 kilometers.
In a statement posted on Telegram, the Russian Academy of Sciences' United Geophysical Service said: "A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions."
A woman died on Tuesday after being struck by lightning in the eastern Bakrah area of al-Jumaymah district of Hajjah province.
A local source told Saba News Agency that the lightning hit 40-year-old Fatima Hadi Ahmed al-Abbasi from al-Sawad village. She was rushed to the health center in al-Khatwah but died before arrival.
This marks the third lightning-related fatality in the district in the past ten days, following the deaths of a woman and a young girl, and the injury of another woman in Bani Mufadhal.
Localities in six counties were affected by floods and storms on Sunday, July 27, but the hardest-hit were those in north-east Romania, specifically in the Suceava and Neamț counties, where precipitation caused rivers to swell out of control.
On Sunday, the National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (INHGA) issued a red alert for rivers in the counties of Suceava, Harghita, and Neamț. Severe weather was also reported in Alba, Arad, Botoșani, Hunedoara, and Vâlcea. Reports quickly came in confirming extreme danger in the downstream of several rivers. The Dârmoxa and Neagra streams, tributaries of the Bistrița River, overflowed.
Floods hit several villages. One person drowned in the locality of Broșteni, Suceava County, and approximately 880 people were evacuated in Neamț County due to flash floods. Videos of the floods showcase the extent of the damages.
The death toll from the flood disaster in Romania has reached 7, APA reports citing Romanian media.
A total of 16 municipalities and 32 settlements, including the capital Bucharest, were affected by the incident.
According to preliminary information, 44 houses were completely flooded.
The consequences of the natural disaster were felt most in the counties of Ardzheș, Bacău, Bistrița-Năsăud, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Covasna, Curcu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Meșednice, Mureș, Nămți, Sibiu, Suceava, and Vaslui.
A powerful earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered tsunamis in Russia and Japan, with hazardous waves possible in Hawaii, Alaska, and other parts of the Pacific
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, followed by multiple powerful aftershocks, struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, triggering tsunami alerts across several coastal regions in the northern Pacific.
The jolt, which occurred around 11:30am local time approximately 136 kilometers southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, was the strongest earthquake in the area since 1952, according to the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Comment: This quake won't be remembered because it has caused so little damage, but it's among the top 6 strongest ever recorded globally!
Screenshots from a video show a waterfall cascading down Yiu Hing Road in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Island, as the Hong Kong Observatory issued a Black Rainstorm Warning at 9.10am on July 29, 2025.
The Hong Kong Observatory issued its highest rainstorm warning signal, the black rainstorm, as intense rainfall swept across the city, causing flooding in multiple areas.
Eliza Meller tvpworld.com Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:24 UTC
Torrential rain on Monday flooded streets and properties in Poland, while summer scout camps in the countryside were evacuated as a precaution.
The State Fire Service on Monday afternoon reported that firefighters across the country responded to 1,700 call‑outs.
The highest number of interventions was carried out in the southwestern Silesian province (598), the northern Pomeranian province (162), the central Łódź province (284), and the southern Świętokrzyskie province (167).
As a precaution, all scout camps in the affected provinces were evacuated, with 330 scouts and 68 counselors transported to safer locations.
A 32-year-old woman has died after she was bitten multiple times by her dog last week, according to San Antonio Animal Care Services.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman as Simone Lyke.
San Antonio police officers responded around 11 p.m. on July 24 to the 1400 block of Patricia Drive, not far from Northwest Military Highway.
The dog lunged at Lyke, and a nearby witness threw a pizza, which temporarily distracted the dog, according to a preliminary report from San Antonio police.
However, the dog, a male bully breed, bit Lyke several times, ACS Public Relations Manager Lisa Norwood told KSAT in an emailed statement.
SAPD said that Lyke yelled for someone to call 911 as the dog was attacking her.
Flash flood triggered by cloud burst wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi town on Monday night, killing three people, burying more than 20 vehicles and inundating several houses, officials said on Tuesday.
Mandi received 198.6 mm of rain since Monday evening. The fury of rain was so intense that gushing waters in Sukati nallahs (drains) flowing through the city swept huge mounds of debris which entered several locations in about five-kilometer radius and the worst affected was Jail Road, Saini Mohalla and Zonal hospital area.
"Three people died, one sustained injuries while one woman is missing, Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, Apoorva Devgan told PTI on Tuesday, adding that rescue operations are in full swing and about 15-20 people have been rescued.
The three deceased included a mother and son. The deceased were identified as Balbir Singh, son of Krishan Singh, Amarpreet Singh and his mother Sapna, son and wife of Darshan Singh, who also sustained injuries and is admitted to Mandi Zonal Hospital, an official said.
MP Kangana Ranaut expressed her grief at the situation and said that she is constantly in touch with the authorities, and rescue operations are going on at pace to help those stuck in the floods.
Emma De Ruiter Euronews Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:37 UTC
A deadly train derailment near Riedlingen, in southern Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state, left three people dead and 41 injured on Sunday evening, following heavy rainfall and a storm in the region.
A preliminary investigation into a train crash that killed three people in Baden-Württemberg on Sunday indicates the train was likely derailed due to a landslide caused by heavy rain.
A landslide likely caused Sunday's deadly train crash in the German town of Biberach as a result of heavy rain, German police said.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the train derailed and struck a mass of earth that collapsed onto the tracks.
Three people were killed, including the driver and a rail company employee, and about 50 people were injured in the crash, 25 of whom were seriously injured, according to regional authorities.
Ten people were flown by helicopter to Ulm's University Hospital for treatment.
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