INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a relative respite from sweltering heat.Beijing reported
9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday.Such a streak was last recorded in 1961
A lack of rainfall may be contributing to the heat, with the typically dry capital receiving even less than usual this year.While
39.6 Celsius (103 Fahrenheit) in Beijing and other parts of the country, authorities said.Meanwhile, more than 10,000 people were urgently
collapsed, 2,283 were damaged and farm fields were flooded
reported the worst flooding in 50 years had washed out roads and damaged homes.No deaths have been reported from the floods thus far.The
heat this year has been unusual, although China has regular summer flooding
2021, more than 300 people died in the central province of Henan
Record rainfall inundated the provincial capital of Zhengzhou on July 20 that year, turning streets into rushing rivers and flooding at
