Summary

  • At least 30 people have died in Beijing as northern China experiences days of heavy rains and flooding

  • Eight others have been confirmed dead in Hebei province

  • Beijing weather authorities ended the city's rainstorm alert on Tuesday afternoon, but warned that more rain was forecast for Tuesday evening

  • Some 80,000 people have been relocated from across China's capital

  • President Xi Jinping on Monday ordered "all-out" search and rescue efforts to prevent more casualties

  • Some 130 villages have lost electricity, and dozens of roads have been cut off, BBC's China Correspondent Stephen McDonnell reports

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Watch: Nursing home residents rescued from China floods