MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing
By cmaukonen on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 9:12pm |The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses.
The Beijing city government said on its official microblog at least 37 people had died, including 25 drowned, six crushed in collapsing homes, five electrocuted and one struck by lightning.
More than 500 flights were canceled at Beijing's Capital International Airport, the Beijing News added.
The subway system was largely unaffected by the floods but was swamped with people desperate to get home and unable to use cars, buses or taxis.
The city received about 170 mm (6.7 inches) of rain on average, but one township in Fangshan District to Beijing's west was hit by 460 mm (18.1 inches), Xinhua news agency said.
[So that's where our rain went. It's been out sourced to China.]
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/22/us-china-beijing-weather-idUSBRE86L0C120120722
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