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37 people died in China over the weekend as Beijing experienced its heaviest downpour in six decades.
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A majority of the victims drowned to death.
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Six died in house collapses, one was struck by lightning.
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Around five people were electrocuted to death.
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Almost 50,000 others were forced to evacuate their homes.
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The official China Daily newspaper reported that rain and flooding caused damages of at least $1.6 billion.
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China suffers flooding and dozens of storm-related deaths every summer during its rainy season, but such a heavy downpour in relatively dry Beijing is unusual.
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It was the heaviest on record in Fangshan district in the southwest of the city, which received 460 millimeters (18.4 inches) of rain on Saturday.
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A flash flood in Fangshan stranded 104 primary school students and nine teachers at a military training site, Xinhua said.
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