More than 30 killed in nursing home

Local officials said that the floods killed 31 residents in the Care House for the elderly on the outskirts of Beijing this week.

The footage of the emergency teams wandering in the high water in an attempt to save the trapped at home in the Mayon area. Many of those who died were not moving.

Local officials admitted the existence of “emergency planning gaps” and said that the accident was a painful lesson that was a “vigilance call”.

A total of 44 people died in Beijing floods, which came during a summer of harsh weather throughout China. Record Heatwaves hit the eastern regions earlier this month, while separate floods were swept in the southwest of the country.

About 77 of the elderly population was inside the house when the floods were besieged, about 40 of them, as the levels of water increased to nearly 2 meters (6 feet), according to the Chinese media.

The facility – which is located in Taishitun – is primarily concerned with those who suffer from severe disruption, low -income people, or receive minimal living allowances, according to local media reports.

“For a long time, it was the central area of the city where the nursing house is safe, so it was not included in the scope of evacuation of the plan,” a Chinese official told a press conference on Thursday.

“This reveals that there are gaps in our emergency planning. Our understanding of the harsh weather was not enough, and this painful lesson was a call to wake up.”

Officials said 16 people died in the nearby province of Hebei as a result of extreme rains. In the city of Chenghedy, eight, with 18 is still missing.

Beijing is not strange to floods, especially in the summer months. One of the most memory was in modern memory in July 2012, when 190 mm was immersed in the city in one day, killing 79 people.

This summer, floods caused corruption across comprehensive areas of China.

Two people were killed and 10 people were lost in Shandong Province earlier this month when a hurricane was struck in eastern China. Two weeks ago, three people were killed in Yan, in the southwest of the country.

The harsh weather, which is increasingly associated with climate change, threatened the population of China and the economy – especially the agricultural sector in a trillion dollars.

The Ministry of Emergency Management said earlier this month that natural disasters in the first half of the year cost China 54.11 billion yuan (7.5 billion dollars; 5.7 billion pounds). He added that the floods represent more than 90 % of the losses.