Key Takeaways
- The Beijing metropolitan area experienced the heaviest rainfall in 140 years, totaling 744.8 mm.
- Typhoon Doksuri was the primary weather system responsible for the torrential downpours.
- Authorities lifted the red alert after river levels receded, reducing immediate flood risk.
Beijing: Beijing has recorded its heaviest rainfall over the past few days since records began 140 years ago.
The city logged 744.8 millimeters of rain, the maximum amount of precipitation recorded during the rainstorm, between 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Wednesday.
The rain fell at the Wangjiayuan reservoir in Changping District, the Beijing Meteorological Service reported.
The Chinese capital has experienced spells of torrential rains brought by Typhoon Doksuri since the start of the weekend, which had caused 11 fatalities as of Tuesday morning.
The city lifted the red alert for flood on Wednesday morning as the water flow in major rivers has gone below the warning mark.
