Typhoon Doksuri has wreaked havoc in northern China, bringing floods that have displaced thousands of people.
abc.net.au/news/china-hit-with-worst-flooding-in-over-a-decade/102681350Extreme rain battered Beijing, Tianjin and the province of Hebei in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri in late July, causing widespread flooding and damage in a region the size of Britain.A reservoir in Beijing's Changping district logged 744.
A reservoir in Beijing's Changping district logged a precipitation reading of 744.8 millimetres between Saturday and Wednesday, the most in the city in more than 140 years and far exceeding the previous record of 609mm set in 1891.
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