摘要
Extreme weather-induced natural disasters expose the shortcomings of planning and response mechanisms,as experts call for stricter flood-control standards and an emphasis on building resilient cities.After a summer of extreme heat waves that broke records for the number of consecutive days over 35 C,Beijing and surrounding regions were pounded for nearly a week by severe rain after the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri ground its way from south to north.From the end of July to early August,North China suffered floods and destruction at a huge scale.
