<div class='node-body'><p>The heaviest rain to hit <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1342956627_1">Beijing</span> in over 60 years has left at least 20 dead across the country and forced over 50,000 to flee the capital, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-dead-record-rain-pounds-beijing-045307426.html?_esi=1" target="_blank">according</a> to state media on Sunday.</p>
<p>The rain struck on Saturday afternoon and continued into the night. More rain is expected throughout the country Sunday, but has mostly subsided in Beijing.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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