boats have been the best option for emergency teams, but in places there were not enough of them. roads have become perilous fast moving rivers, and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through suburban beijing in clearly dangerous situations. yesterday, cars were washed away by the dozen. it s not clear how many people died in this way. rescue workers have been stretched to the limit in a race against rising waters. zhouzhou in neighbouring hubei province has been especially inundated after water was devoted there to take the pressure off the capital. but still beijing has had to move more than 120,000 residents to safer areas where supplies have been stockpiled for them. translation: we have prepared water, i noodles, bread and hot water to keep i people going.
in beijing as heavy rain and flooding continues to batter northern china. at least 20 people are known to have died as a result of storm doksuri. like many parts of the world, china has been seeing extreme heat and rain in recent weeks, which some scientists have linked to climate change. from beijing, steve mcdonnell sent this report. methods from the old days have been pulled out to reach people cut off by flash floods. boats have been the best option for emergency teams, but in places, there were not enough of them. roads have become perilous, fast moving rivers, and some have not heeded the warnings, trying to drive through suburban beijing in clearly dangerous situations. yesterday, cars were washed away by the dozen. it s not clear how many people died in this way. rescue workers have been stretched to the limit in a race against rising waters. zhouzhou in neighbouring
they re the ones that are pulling out all the stops and changing the record books. i want to show you some dramatic footage of a plane crashing into the sea by busy new hampshire beach in the united states. a small plane was left floating nose first in the water, after an emergency landing caused it to flip tail over nose by a busy new hampshire beach. officials say lifeguards rescued the pilot, who was not hurt. witnesses say the single engine plane was towing a banner before it crashed. footage shared on social media shows the plane approaching the water, then crash landing and flipping over on impact all within close view of beach crowds. from that, let me take you to china. tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in beijing, as heavy rain and flooding continues to batter northern china. at least 20 people are known to have died
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hebei province has been especially inundated, after water was diverted there to take the pressure off the capital, but still, beijing has had to move more than 120,000 residents to safer areas, where supplies have been stockpiled for them. translation: we have prepared i water, noodles, bread and hot water to keep people going. the government warned people here to remain indoors and ordered employers to allow their staff to stay at home. but this city is not used to flooding like this, certainly not like the cities in the south of china, and the last couple of days have been very tough. locals have pitched in to defend their neighbourhoods. when firefighters arrive, they are helping the most vulnerable. and now, receding rains have revealed the devastation, with questions being asked about the frequency of extreme weather events in china. the fingers of scientists are pointing squarely at climate change. but in the short term,