Thousands flee homes as heavy rain lashes China after Typhoon Doksuri

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Beijing as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri dumped record rainfall on the city, grounding flights and flooding hundreds of roads on Monday, state media reported. Besides Beijing, heavy rain continued to soak the neighbouring city of Tianjin as well as Hebei province in the wake of Doksuri, which was downgraded to a tropical depression on the weekend. Three of the five rivers that make up the Hai river basin rose to dangerous levels on Monday. Some houses were washed into the Yongding river, and nearly 55,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Baoding city, state media reported.

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flee 逃跑

evacuate 疏散；排泄

vacuity 空虚；空白

remnant 剩余的（词源同remain）

soak 侵泡；泡澡

wake 叫醒；激发

downgrade 降级

tropical depression 热带低气压

basin 盆地