At least 30 people have died in Beijing and more than 80,000 were evacuated to safety, Chinese authorities said, as heavy rains and floods ravage roads and houses in northern China. Eight other people died after a landslide on Monday in Chengde city,

Beijing city officials have admitted failures in their response to heavy flooding that killed 31 residents of a care home.

At least 60 people have been killed and nine are missing due to severe flooding and extreme rain in Beijing and Hebei Province, northern China, over the past week.