Beijing hit the biggest rainstorm in 30 years, traffic chaos

Beijing, China, is hit by the biggest rainstorm in 30 years today. According to the warning issued by China’s Central Weather Station, the rainstorm area covers central and southern North China, northern and eastern Yellow and Huaihua, and southern Northeast China, and the whole rainstorm pattern will last for 3 days, and the rainstorm has arrived yesterday, causing local land and air traffic chaos, with over 700 flights cancelled, high speed trains delayed, all kindergartens, primary and secondary schools closed today, and outdoor sports activities All outdoor sports activities were suspended.

Comprehensive media reports, the rainstorm disaster is underway, the disaster is also happening, from the Internet release of the video, Hebei Wu’an City, heavy rain flooded the streets, vehicles were swept away by the torrent, overturned, there are people hugging trees to save themselves.

Beijing is under a triple warning of yellow lightning, yellow wind and yellow rain, and it is expected that land and air traffic will remain in a panic today.

Not only Beijing is under heavy rainfall alert, but according to China’s water resources department, 14 small and medium-sized rivers, including the upper main stream and tributaries of the Drainage River in Sichuan, tributaries of the Han River in Shaanxi, and tributaries of the Shule River in Gansu, have been flooded above the warning level due to heavy rainfall. And China’s Ministry of Natural Resources forecasted that geological disasters may occur in some areas including western and northern Beijing, northern Tianjin, western and northeastern Hebei, eastern Shanxi, northern Henan, southern Shaanxi, northeastern Sichuan, and northeastern Chongqing.