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Added on the 22/07/2021 04:09:10 - Copyright : AFP EN
Construction workers walk along the streets in a flood-affected area following heavy rains that battered the capital city of Beijing. IMAGES
At least 11 people are dead and 13 are missing after heavy rains lashed Beijing, state media said Tuesday, in downpours that have submerged roads and deluged neighbourhoods with mud. IMAGES
One person died during a highway pile-up involving hundreds of vehicles in central China, state media reported Wednesday. Aerial pictures show chaotic scenes with hundreds of passenger cars, vans and lorries -- many of which had smashed into one another -- piled up on a section of the highway. IMAGES
Water is being pumped out of a flooded tunnel in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou after record rainfall caused deadly floods. IMAGES
The United States "will not accept" a situation where underpriced Chinese goods flood the global market, battering industries elsewhere, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday as she wrapped up high-level talks in China. This was the situation over a decade ago when Chinese government support led to a surge in steel exports, she told reporters, adding: "I know that these serious concerns are shared by our allies and partners." SOUNDBITE
In Saint-Léonard, a municipality in northern France, despite a break in rainfall, cars are still struggling along flooded roads as a result of the devastating floods that have hit the region. IMAGES