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A total of 33 people had died and 18 were still missing as of Tuesday in Beijing following severe flooding, a Beijing municipal government official confirmed on Wednesday, noting that Beijing had rolled out a plan for restoring affected areas in the capital, the first step of which is to restore the basic functions of conservancy facilities damaged by flooding.
Beijing will be fully engaged in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work, executive vice mayor of Beijing Xia Linmao told a press conference on Wednesday.
Officials said Wednesday that 33 had died in Beijing, mainly by flooding and buildings collapsing, almost three times the figure given by officials last week. | World News