Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri lashed China's capital with heavy rain on Sunday and residents were urged to stay indoors.
The deadly storm has been sweeping northeast over China since Friday, when it careened into the southern Fujian province after battering the Philippines.
Hundreds of millions of people in northern China, including in Beijing, remain under a red alert -- the highest level -- for heavy precipitation through at least Monday afternoon. Many popular sites in the capital were temporarily closed, including the Forbidden City, libraries and museums.
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