At least 30 people have died in Beijing, as heavy rains and flooding ravaged roads and houses in northern China. Recovery efforts are underway, and videos show rescuers combing through flooded areas for stranded residents and helicopters delivering aid supplies.

The recent heavy rainfall in Beijing has resulted in 44 deaths and nine people missing, with death toll including 31 from a nursing home in Miyun district, Beijing authority revealed during the press conference on flood prevention and disaster relief held in Beijing on Thursday,