According to the provincial Meteorological Service, the Wangjiayuan reservoir, in the Changping district of this capital, recorded 744.8 millimeters of rainfall between last Saturday night and Wednesday morning.

Local authorities informed that at least 11 people were killed in Beijing due to heavy rains associated with Typhoon Doksuri.

In fact, some districts maintained until today the red alert for floods, a warning that has been gradually withdrawn as the water flow in the main rivers passed below the danger mark.

In Beijing, some 50,000 people were relocated to safer places, 107 roads in mountainous areas were closed, more than 4,000 construction sites ceased to work and all rural tourist sites remained out of operation.

The Government allocated 110 million yuan (about 15.43 million dollars) on Tuesday to support rescue efforts in the face of floods, caused by heavy rains in the Tianjin-Hebei-Beijing region.

Similarly, the Communist Party of China allocated 44 million yuan (6.17 million dollars) to deal with disasters in northern China.

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