The death toll from Saturday's rains and flash floods in Beijing rose from 10 to 37 as more bodies were found across the city, state media reported. Twenty-five victims had drowned, six were killed by building collapses, five by electrocution and one by a lightning strike, the Beijing government said late Sunday. The rains, the heaviest the Chinese capital had seen in 61 years, flooded roads with up to 1 metre of water, caused power outages and prompted the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Rainfall averaged 170 millimetres in Beijing but the city's Fangshan district saw 460 millimetres, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
