While the flooding in Hebei province eased on Saturday, the remnants of the storm were being felt to the northeast.
Alarms were sounded for water levels in 25 rivers in Heilongjiang province and the two county-level cities of Wuchang and Shangzhi reported serious flooding, with residents trapped and homes and bridges damaged, according to Xinhua.
The Ministry of Emergency Management sent a team to the province to assess conditions and the People’s Liberation Army’s Northern Theatre Command set up a centre to coordinate rescue efforts.
A resident moves his belongings on Friday after floods made his house uninhabitable in a village on the outskirts of Beijing. Photo: AP
In Shulan, a county-level city in neighbouring Jilin province, at least one person died and four were missing, including the city’s executive vice mayor who was directing flood containment operations, according to a news portal affiliated to Chongqing Daily.
Neighbouring Liaoning province was also on high alert, covered by a weather warning in effect for much of the country.
In the 24 hours until 2pm on Sunday, thunderstorms, strong winds and hail were forecast to sweep parts of Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, according to the National Meteorological Centre.
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