Aftermath of Typhoon Doksuri brought Beijing floods, meteorologists explain

Rising ocean temperatures caused by climate crisis are also said to be causing China's extreme weather

Summers in China are often wet, sometimes very wet, but nothing like the drenching that has engulfed Beijing and its neighbouring provinces this week.

As Beijing authorities lifted the flood alert on Wednesday morning, after the city's heaviest rainfall for 140 years, 21 people across the region were confirmed dead. Dozens more were missing.