At least 30 people have died in Beijing and more than 80,000 were evacuated to safety, Chinese authorities said, as heavy rains and floods ravage roads and houses in northern China. Eight other people died after a landslide on Monday in Chengde city, about three hours northeast of Beijing.

Extreme rains and flooding across northern China have killed 60 people, more than half of them at a care home for the elderly in a suburb of Beijing, which has grappled with its deadliest flood disaster in years.

At least 38 people have reportedly died in China due to severe floods, which are causing structural damage and power outages across the east and north. Amid the natural disaster, more than 80,000 people have been evacuated.

Heavy rains prompted flood warnings as a landslide killed at least 4 people, forcing thousands to evacuate as rising waters caused widespread damage.

A further four people have reportedly been killed in a landslide in a rural part of Luanping county in Beijing's neighbouring Hebei province.

Local officials admit "loopholes in emergency planning" and say the incident is a painful lesson that serves as "a wake-up call".

Beijing city officials have admitted failures in their response to heavy flooding that killed 31 residents of a care home.