Beijing is on alert for flooding as China struggles with a series of severe weather events that are driving up food prices and threatening its economic recovery from coronavirus.
The Beijing municipal government, worried over a repeat of 2012 when flash floods killed about 80 people — some of whom drowned in their cars in underpasses, has shut parks, advised residents to avoid unnecessary travel and cancelled flights from its Daxing airport.
“The drainage system still needs improving,” said Liu Zitong, 36, who lives in Beijing’s traditional hutongs or alleyway districts. He described how pipes in the older courtyard homes overflowed during heavy rains.
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