For years, Gao enjoyed a big apartment in scenic west Beijing and an E-Class Mercedes-Benz. He lost it all this week as a result of the most extreme rainfall to hit the Chinese capital in 140 years.
A local resident surnamed Gao, 60, sorts items in his damaged house, after remnants of Typhoon Doksuri brought rains and floods in Mentougou district, Beijing, China August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
BEIJING, Aug 4 - For years, Gao enjoyed a big apartment in scenic west Beijing and an E-Class Mercedes-Benz. He lost it all this week as a result of theRaging floods, caused by storms that followed Typhoon Doksuri, destroyed his ground-floor apartment and washed his Merc away. His front window is now blocked by tree trunks and his living room filled with debris. The 60-year-old and his wife are in temporary housing.
"Then the balcony collapsed and the water came in," Gao said, trying in his living room to salvage anything still edible from a refrigerator that had fallen onto its side.Tree trunks and floating chunks of construction material sealed off his front window soon after their escape.The storm killed at least 20 people in Beijing and surrounding Hebei province, causing the worst flooding in the vast Hai river basin since 1963.
"You have to make do and live," he said, sifting through cans of beer and muddied shirts. "As long as we're still here, other things can be sorted." Reporting by Josh Arslan and Tingshu Wang, writing by Albee Zhang; editing by Miral Fahmy and Kevin Liffey
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