Two dead, two missing after torrential rainfall in Hebei province

Two people were confirmed to have died while two more were missing as of Saturday evening after record torrential rainfall hit Fuping county in Baoding, Hebei province.

A total of 46,235 people in the county have been affected by the rain, with 4,655 evacuated, according to the county's flood control and drought relief headquarters.

Downpours hit the county on Friday and Saturday, breaking the daily precipitation record, according to the meteorological bureau of Baoding.

Fuping recorded average rainfall of 140.5 millimeters between 5pm on Friday and 1am on Saturday, with a high of 532 millimeters reported at the Xizhuang hydrologic station.