On Wednesday, Beijing raised the toll of flood-related deaths to 33 after Typhoon Doksuri ushered in the heaviest rain to hit the city in 140 years.
This week, in southwest Sichuan province, seven tourists taking photographs at a water conservation area died after being swept away in a surge of water from an overflowing dam.
In a separate incident, a 27-year-old woman has been missing since Jun 30 when a flash flood inundated a campsite, killing her friend, in the southwestern Guizhou province.
Extreme weather has hit China more frequently in recent years, raising fears about the pace of climate change.
In 2021, very cold and wet weather during an ultramarathon in Gansu killed 21 people. Many runners also suffered from hypothermia in gale-force winds.
Source: CNA
