At least 30 people have lost their lives in Beijing as relentless rainfall triggers severe flooding across northern China, BBC reported.
Authorities have evacuated around 80,000 residents from high-risk areas, with rain expected to continue through today.
President Xi Jinping has ordered urgent search and rescue operations to minimize further casualties.
Beijing is prone to extreme summer weather, with the worst flooding in recent years recorded in July 2012, when 79 people died, according to BBC.
