Recently, Typhoon Doksuri swept through Beijing and Tianjin in China. On August 2nd, Beijing experienced 744.8 mm of rainfall, the highest in 140 years. Tiananmen Square and Zijincheng, the Forbidden City's central areas, were flooded, a rare occurrence in history.
Chinese media reported that hundreds of Beijing, Hebei, and Tianjin residents posted distress messages, mainly from rural areas. Determining the number of people who lost contact, casualties, and those trapped in villages is difficult.