Peiping, July 23.
Heavy rainstorms of a violence seldom known here have prevailed alt over North China for some days past, over 400 millimetre of rain having fallen between July 1 and 22.
These downpours have caused sent ous damage and the district between Peiping and Tientsin has become flooded. It is also feared that various river dykes will burst, while much traffic has been interrupted.
The waters of the Yellow River are also rising rapidly and a pri of the flooded area is expected. feng, capital of Honan province, is. again threatened with floods after the dam of the Lunghai railway was blown up in several places last week. in order to deflect the flood waters from Kaifeng—Trans-Ocean, 1
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