The 20-hour storm that hit Beijing on Saturday claimed the lives of 37 people — 25 of the deaths were caused by drowning.

周六袭击北京20个小时的暴雨夺走了37条生命，其中25人溺水身亡。

Millions of people across the capital were hit by the deluge and thousands were evacuated from their homes. The flooding caused losses of at least 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion), according to the Beijing municipal government.

北京数百万居民受灾，数以千计的居民被迫从家中疏散。根据北京市政府的统计数据，暴雨引发的洪水造成了至少100亿人民币的损失。

The southwestern district of Fangshan was the hardest hit. Of the 56,933 people evacuated in the city, 20,990 came from Fangshan. There were two landslides in the district.

北京市西南部的房山区受灾最重。在全北京56933名被疏散的居民中，20990人来自房山区。有两起暴雨引发的滑坡也发生在这一地区。

The rainfall reached 460 millimeters in the district, the highest ever recorded, according to the government. In the rest of Beijing, the average was 170 mm, the highest since 1951.

房山区的降雨量达到了460毫米，是有历史记录以来的最高值。在北京的其他地区，平均降雨量也有170毫米，是自1951来的历史最高。

The Juma River, which runs across Fangshan, flooded and its maximum volume reached 2,500 cubic meters per second, a flow rate "rarely recorded", according to the Beijing government.

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