China's weather service issues a red alert for torrential rain in Beijing and surrounding provinces, as Typhoon Doksuri sweeps inland, bringing hazardous weather conditions to multiple regions of the country
Several of Beijing's parks, lakes and rivers ide roads have been closed out of precaution, the municipal authorities announced. / Photo: AP
Experts have warned that Saturday's downpour could prompt even worse flooding than in July 2012, when 79 people died and tens of thousands were evacuated, according to local media. China has been experiencing extreme weather conditions and posting record temperatures this summer, events that scientists say are being exacerbated by the climate crisis.
The red alert will be in force from 8 pm local time and covers an area of several hundred million inhabitants, including the metropolis of Tianjin, and the provinces of Hebei and Shandong.
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