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Residents evacuated by boat as Beijing area hit by deadly flooding

China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region.

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Rescuers prepare rubber boats to evacuate trapped residents from flooding in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Rescuers using rubber boats evacuate trapped residents through flood waters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Rescuers using rubber boats evacuate trapped residents wade through a truck submerged by floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Residents are evacuated by rubber boats through flood waters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Residents evacuate on rubber boats through floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Residents are evacuated by rubber boats through flood waters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2. China's capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days. Among the hardest hit areas is Zhuozhou, a small city that borders Beijing's southwest.
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Residents are evacuated by rubber boats through flood waters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Rescuers using rubber boats evacuate trapped residents through floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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A rescuer helps a woman with a toddler as trapped residents evacuate on rubber boats through floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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A woman carries her pet dogs as residents are evacuated on rubber boats through floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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A woman evacuated from floods carries her pet bird in a cage in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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A rescuer helps a woman with a child disembark from a rubber boat as trapped residents evacuate through floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Residents evacuate on boats moving through floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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An elderly woman wipes her face sitting next to a rescue vehicle after evacuated from flooding Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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People wait for their relatives next to a rescuer preparing for his duty as residents were evacuated from flooding in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Residents unload supplies from a truck for evacuees from floods in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.
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Volunteers prepare food supplies for trapped residents in the flood-hit Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 2.

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