epa10781470 An aerial picture shows rescuers heading to transfer flood-affected people in Zhuozhou, north China's Hebei Province, 02 August 2023. At least nine people died and six others were missing in the Hebei Province amid heavy rainstorms, local authorities said. Statistics show that rainstorms had impacted more than 540,000 people in 87 counties and districts in Hebei by noon on 02 August. The economic losses brought by the disaster were still being investigated. EPA/XINHUA / Mu Yu CHINA OUT / MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
After the heavy rains from tropical storm Doksuri in Beijing last week, the death toll has risen to 33, state television reported on Wednesday.
In the immediate aftermath of the storm hitting the Chinese capital, 11 deaths were initially reported.
Chinese state television on Wednesday reported that there were 22 more victims.
At least five aid workers were among the dead.
Tropical storm Doksuri triggered the heaviest rainfall to hit Beijing since records began 140 years ago.
This happened besides the Chinese capital, the neighbouring province of Hebei which was particularly hard hit, with dozens of deaths also reported there.
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