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Symbolic imageBeijing has been under an orange rainstorm warning since Wednesday as Typhoon Dolphin's remnants soak northern China, with thousands of care-home residents, tourists and people near construction sites moved out and forecasters warning of extreme rainfall in 24 hours.
Typhoon Dolphin's remnants have moved over northern China, bringing heavy rain to Beijing. Chinese authorities grade rainstorm alerts by colour, with orange the second-highest level, and respond by closing sites and relocating people from flood- and landslide-prone areas.
Thousands of people were moved from flood- and landslide-prone parts of Beijing on Wednesday as the remnants of Typhoon Dolphin brought torrential rain. Forecasters warned the capital could get more than a third of its average annual rainfall in 24 hours.