Dashcam from a vehicle captures the moment of another car falling under a collapsed bridge near Harbin-Mudanjiang Highway in Heilongjiang province on Aug 3, 2023. Fortunately, the driver was rescued by other drivers, according to witnesses.

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A highway bridge in northern China collapsed due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains, and two cars fell into the river, state media reported Thursday.

There were no known casualties as of Thursday afternoon after the bridge collapsed along the Harbin-Mudanjiang Highway in Heilongjiang province, according to Beijing News.

The bridge collapsed around 9 a.m. on Thursday, road authorities said.
A rescue mission was ongoing, and a section of the highway had been closed, state media said.

China is seeing floods triggered by heavy rains in several parts of the country. Weather authorities said the capital, Beijing, recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region.

China’s capital region has been battered by the heaviest rains since records began 140 years ago, as flooding left at least 20 people dead and 27 others are missing.

Authorities recorded 744.8mm (29.3 inches) of rainfall, the highest since 1891, between Saturday and Wednesday morning at a reservoir on the outskirts of Beijing, the city’s meteorological service said on Wednesday.

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