Beijing’s municipal flood-control headquarters said 30 people were confirmed dead after almost a year’s worth of rain fell on the Chinese capital in less than a week. The deluge triggered flash floods and landslides across the city’s mountainous northern districts, with 28 deaths in Miyun and two in Yanqing, according to Xinhua News Agency. Authorities have relocated 80,332 residents, and the maximum recorded precipitation reached 543.4 millimetres in Miyun. Floodwaters damaged roads, cut electricity and communications to more than 130 villages, and delayed or suspended hundreds of flights and several rail services. President Xi Jinping instructed officials to prepare for worst-case scenarios and accelerate search-and-rescue operations. The central government earmarked 200 million yuan of an initial 550-million-yuan disaster-relief package for Beijing, while the emergency management ministry warned that the overall relief situation remains “complex and severe.” Neighbouring Hebei Province also suffered rain-related disasters. A landslide in Luanping County killed eight people and left four missing, local authorities said. Additional downpours are forecast, prompting second-highest rainstorm alerts for Beijing, Hebei and Tianjin through at least Tuesday evening.