China Raises Flood Alert for Beijing, Other Northern Areas

(Bloomberg) — China’s central government told local officials in the capital and other areas of the north to be prepared to deal with floods amid heavy rain brought on by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri.

Flood control officials upgraded their emergency response order to level two, the second highest in their four-tier system, for Beijing and Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi and Henan on Sunday. The situation in those regions was “extremely severe and complex” due to the intensity of the rain and the poor discharge capability of rivers in northern China, the Ministry of Emergency Management said in a statement.