Typhoon Doksuri: Alarming pictures show floods in China, Philippines

In the capital of Beijing alone, the amount of rain over the past week has broken a 140-year-old record.

People in Beijing and neighbouring Hebei province fled their homes on inflatable boats and lorries as Doksuri, a former super typhoon, drenched China's north-east.

At least 10 people have died and 18 are missing, and officials have evacuated millions of people.

People stand on a front loader travelling through floodwaters after the rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China

The floods damaged roads and bridges, submerged cars and destroyed construction sites.

Doksuri slammed into China last weekend and drenched the north-east for most of the week. The region had barely recovered from typhoon Talim the week prior.

Then, there's the threat of typhoon Khanun out at sea off China's east coast, which threatens to intensify rains in areas hit by Doksuri.

A view on a damaged bridge following strong rains and floods in Fengtai district, west of Beijing, China, 03 August 2023. Beijing recorded its heaviest rainfall in 140 years brought by Typhoon Dosksuri causing floods, evacuation of thousands of people and 21 deaths.

In areas where the floods have subsided, residents have started shovelling mud out of their homes. The following three photos were also taken in Beijing.

Residents clean up the street in the aftermath of the flooding at a village following heavy rains in Beijing on August 3, 2023.

The waterlogged scenes also played out in the Philippines, where Khanun, Doksuri and Talim exacerbated seasonal monsoon rains.

While storm-weary Filipinos went about with as much of their daily routines as they could, the typhoons highlighted perennial problems of flooding in the capital, Manila, and its suburbs of Bulacan and Pampanga.

A man stands in front of a flooded house caused by monsoon rains and the recent typhoon Doksuri, in Balagtas, Bulacan province, Philippines, July 29, 2023.

Slow-moving Khanun lashed Okinawa in the middle of the week and threatens to curve back to mainland Japan while intensifying rains in China.

It cut power to one-third of Okinawa in its wake and shut the airport for a day during peak tourism season.

Typhoon Khanun led to offices and schools being shut for a day in Taiwan.

Meanwhile, India is in the middle of a heavy monsoon season that has waterlogged parts of the country.

In the first two weeks of July alone, floods and landslides there have killed almost 100 people in the north.

-bbc