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.

A further four people have reportedly been killed in a landslide in a rural part of Luanping county in Beijing's neighbouring Hebei province.