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In Pictures: China’s deluge

Heaviest rain to hit Beijing in six decades killed at least 10 people as 10 other storm deaths were reported elsewhere.

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Water pours out from the dam of the Shuikou Reservoir on Minjiang river as part of flood control measures ahead of the rainy season in Minqing county in Fujian province. 
Published On 22 Jul 2012
An elderly man sits on the handrail of a park near a pavilion flooded by the overflowing Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province. 
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Paramilitary policemen carry on rescue operation amid heavy rainfalls on a flooded street under the Guangqumen overpass in central Beijing.
The heaviest rain in 61 years that lashed Beijing on Saturday cut off traffic and also severely disrupted air traffic.
China is hit by big downpours every summer often causing fatalities as seen in 2010, which saw the nation(***)s worst flooding in a decade leaving more than 4,300 people dead or missing.
A Chinese rescue worker carries an elderly man to safety as residents are evauated from the flood-hit town of Nanchong in Sichuan province.
Villagers carry the coffin and portrait of a victim who was killed by a flash flood as they wade through a stream during a funeral in Sujia village of Zhaotong, Yunnan province.
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This picture shows commuters making their way home through roadside debris as a storm hits in Beijing.