BEIJING (Reuters) – The maximum precipitation recorded during the rainfall in the Chinese capital of Beijing between 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) Saturday and 7 a.m. Wednesday was a 140-year high, according to the Beijing Meteorological Service.
The maximum precipitation hit 744.8 mm over the period, the local weather forecaster said in its WeChat account.
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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