Massive rescue and relief efforts are underway in response to typhoon-induced torrential rains in Beijing. China's capital Beijing has been pummeled by the heaviest rainfall in 140 years, leaving at least 20 dead. China has been buffeted by heavy storms as Typhoon Doksuri swept north after slamming southern Chinese provinces. Doksuri made landfall in China's Xiamen and Quanzhou on Monday morning, and caused "severe flooding in Beijing," according to a report by the NASA Earth Observatory. The typhoon was one of the worst storms to hit northern China in years, and the torrential rain in Beijing has killed at least 20 people as of Tuesday.

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Persons: Doksuri Organizations: Beijing Meteorological Bureau, NASA, Observatory Locations: Beijing, China, Doksuri, China's Xiamen, Quanzhou