Jul 30, 2012 07:20 PM

Swept Away Without Warning

By staff reporters Liu Hongqiao, Ren Zhongyuan and Xie Haitao

Louzishui village in Fangshan is one of the areas hit worst by the July 21 rainstorm

(Beijing) – Waiting to be refreshed, the parched riverbeds and mountainsides of Beijing's Fangshan District were violently eroded in the sudden downpour of the July 21 rainstorm. In a matter of minutes, water levels in this area went from ankle deep to waist deep.

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