Dozens dead after flooding and landslides near Beijing
The flood risk for parts of Beijing, Hebei province and neighbouring Tianjin city remained high until Tuesday evening.
State media broadcast footage of muddy waters rising into homes in rural areas and rescuers carrying an injured person on a stretcher and searching on a damaged road.
Premier Li Qiang said the heavy rain and flooding in the hard-hit Beijing district of Miyun caused 'serious casualties' and called for rescue efforts, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Soldiers talk to villagers on a road damaged by floods (Andy Wong/AP)
The storm knocked out power in more than 130 villages in Beijing, destroyed communication lines and damaged more than 30 sections of road.
More than 16cm (6in) of rain fell on average in Beijing by midnight, with two towns in Miyun recording 54cm (21in), the city said.
Heavy flooding washed away cars and downed power poles in Miyun, an outlying district that borders Hebei's Luanping county. More than 80,000 people have been relocated in Beijing, including about 17,000 in Miyun, a Beijing city statement said.
The city government said 28 people died in Miyun and two others in Yanqing district on Monday.
Four more people in neighbouring Hebei province were discovered dead on Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after eight people were said to be missing after a landslide in a rural part of Luanping county in the province. Authorities had found four of the dead on Monday.
Emergency rescue teams said more landslides occurred in the same region on Tuesday although they did not report any further casualties.
Uprooted trees lay in piles in the town of Taishitun, about 60 mile north east of central Beijing. Streets were covered with water, with mud left higher up on the walls of buildings.
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