People sort items outside a supermarket, after the rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, in Beijing, China August 2, 2023.
Zhuozhou borders Beijing, which was inundated with the most rainfall in 140 years between Saturday and early Wednesday, official data showed.
Residents forced to leave their homes were temporarily resettled in high-rise buildings, but lacked access to electricity and water, local media reported.
Many Zhuozhou residents took to social media to complain about how long rescue and recovery efforts were taking.
Nearly 100 employees were trapped without food and water, and a toxic gas leaking from a neighbouring tape factory complicated rescue efforts, local media reported.
Persons:
Doksuri, Tingshu Wang, Liz Lee, Ryan Woo, Ella Cao, Miral
Organizations:
REUTERS, Weibo, Global Times, Thomson
Locations:
Beijing, China, Tingshu Wang BEIJING, Zhuozhou, Paris, Hebei province, Hebei, Weibo, Yongding River, Shanghai