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China Top 10 National Meteorological Disasters in 2012 (2)

People's Daily Online)  08:06, January 18, 2013  

The flooding water interrupts the traffic in Lishuiqiao, Beijing, leaving many vehicles submerged in water on July 21, 2012. Beijing Meteorological Observatory issued the first orange rainstorm alert warning since the weather alert system was set up in 2005, and forecasted the rainfall would over 20 hours. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

Edited and translated by Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.

China Meteorological Administration released the “Top 10 National Meteorological Disasters in 2012” on Jan. 14, 2013. And the severe rainstorm in Beijing on July 21, 2012 ranks the top.

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(Editor:王欣、陈丽丹)

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