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services have stopped. emergency services say they ve been recovering bodies from raging waters, and that tens of thousands of people have been moved to safety. precipitation levels in beijing and other cities across northern china have already reached record levels. in worrying news, driving rain is expected to continue over the next 2a hours. and then, another typhoon will hit southern china. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. staying with china and there are new claims the country is trying to suppress uyghur dissent abroad. researchers say chinese authorities are pressuring uyghurs living overseas to spy on human rights campaigners
urged people to stay indoors. 0ur correspondent steve mcdonnel has sent this report. unrelenting rain has brought flash flooding to the suburbs of beijing. cars have been washed away at an alarming speed. it s not known how many people have been trapped inside them or how many may have drowned as a result. a red alert has been issued in the capital, with residents told to stay indoors and employers ordered to allow staff to remain at home. hundreds of flights have been cancelled, as have many trains. some passengers have been trapped mid journey, with rising water surrounding their carriages. rivers here have swollen to such an extent that even houses have been swallowed up. bridges in beijing have collapsed, and many city bus services have stopped. emergency services say they ve been recovering bodies from raging waters, and that tens of thousands of people have been moved to safety.