Beijing (AP) - Beijing's mayor and deputy mayor has resigned, state media reported Wednesday, is a general reorganization of the public questioned the municipal government deal with heavy rain, resulting in capital of at least 37 people were killed.
Announced more rain is expected to hit Beijing and signs, the death toll from last weekend's rainfall could jump higher. The official Xinhua News Agency said senior officials in the hardest-hit areas, their death and injury figures are still preliminary.
China CCTV new deadly flash floods attacks Fangshan Saturday the rural community of amateur video, picture brown water, the river rolling through the streets of small towns have enough power to push the car along.
Xinhua News Agency reported that the head of Qi Hong, told reporters Tuesday, "Fangshan has suffered heavy losses, the figure is still in the process of being prepared." District, the number of deaths, has never been disclosed separately, but included in the overall city charges.
Online Beijing News reported that Li Shixiang, the Beijing government was established to deal with the aftermath of the disaster the head of the Commission, told members of their first meeting Wednesday, the disappearance and death of the updated information will be published in due course. "
Outgoing Mayor Guo Jinlong has to promote the mining of the city's Communist Party secretary of the top position, so his resignation is not surprising. His vice mayor of Jilin, also resigned and the state media reported earlier, Ji has taken the position of the person in charge of a city's political and legal committee.
A large number of floods is a major embarrassment, of the Chinese capital has spent billions of dollars in a modern city at the same time, apparently ignored its drainage system.
The national media, analysts and ordinary Internet users are stacked in the city's crisis management and lack of preparedness criticism.
Although Guo propaganda seems to be moving forward, turmoil, its consequences for him and his mentor and ally of the State President Hu Jintao stain. As the party secretary of Beijing, Guo almost certainly in the party congress later this year, was named a strong 25 member Politburo.
Xinhua News Agency Wang Anshun, a Beijing city officials since 2007, was appointed acting mayor.
The Beijing Meteorological Bureau, said that after heavy rain expected in Beijing, Wednesday and Thursday and warned that the possible flash floods and mudslides in the outskirts of the capital of mountain, including the Fangshan has been damaged.
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