Flood came ‘so fast and suddenly’published at 04:30 British Summer Time
04:30 BST
Image source, Reuters
A resident in Miyun, a suburban district in Beijing, told AFP that he watched as floodwaters swept away vehicles outside his apartment on Monday morning.
People and a pet dog were lifted to safety with a crawler, AFP reported.
“The flood came rushing in, just like that, so fast and suddenly,” Zhuang Zhelin, a shopowner in Taishitun near Beijng, told the Associated Press. “In no time at all, the place was filling up.”
At the traditional Chinese medicine clinic next door, Zhuang’s neighbour Wei Zhengming said when the floods came he “just ran upstairs and waited for rescue”.
“I remember thinking, if no one came to get us, we’d be in real trouble,” he said.