Questions asked after Beijing flood kills 37

As China’s flood-ravaged capital today dealt with the aftermath of the heaviest rain in six decades, including the deaths of 37 people, questions were being asked about whether the city’s push for modernisation came at the expense of basic infrastructure such as drainage networks.

Rescuers were still searching buildings that collapsed during Saturday night’s torrential downpour and some roads that were covered in waist-deep water remained closed.