Another 18 people are missing, 5 people died in emergency rescue and 33 people died in rainstorm | houses | Beijing
As of 24:00 on August 8, 33 people had died due to the heavy rainstorm disaster in Beijing, which was mainly caused by floods and house collapses; Five people were sacrificed in emergency rescue. 18 people are still missing, including one rescue worker. Xia Linmao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of the Beijing Municipal Government, introduced the situation of flood prevention and disaster relief work in Beijing at today's press conference.
He said that the extremely heavy rainstorm disaster caused heavy losses in western mountainous areas. According to preliminary statistics, 369 geological disasters were reported this time, which is more than 10.5 times the annual average number of geological disasters. The extremely heavy rainstorm has caused relatively serious damage to the infrastructure in the mountain area, causing nearly 1.29 million people to be affected, 59000 houses to collapse, 147000 houses to be seriously damaged, and 225000 mu of crops to be affected. At present, these disaster losses are still temporary data, and the resulting property losses are still being continuously counted.