A red alert has been issued in China's capital, as an entire month's rainfall fell in just 40 hours.
At least two people have died in Beijing as China is battered by one of the strongest storms to hit the country in years.In the capital, at least 31,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, while subway stations have been closed.
Rainfall in Beijing and other cities in northern China has already reached dangerously high levels, while driving rains are expected to continue for at least another 24 hours. In footage shared online by Beijing residents, cars could be seen being swept away by torrential rains and there are fears that passengers could have been trapped inside after waters rose rapidly. Some roads were also torn up by the severe flooding.
Guo Zhenyu, a 49-year-old resident, told the AFP news agency that the heavy rains had quickly submerged much of the area. Meanwhile, in southern China, typhoon Khanun is expected to hit the heavily populated Zhejiang Province in the coming days.