First autumn downpour hits Beijing
10,2011
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An electrically-powered bicycle runs along a flooded road during a rainstorm in Beijing, August 9, 2011.
An electrically-powered bicycle runs along a flooded road during a rainstorm in Beijing, August 9, 2011. The downpour with accompanying thunderstorm hit most parts of Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, becoming the city’s first torrential downpour since the official start of autumn according to the Chinese lunar calendar, inundating some streets and disrupting the traffic.
A car runs slowly along a flood road during a heavy rainstorm in Beijing, August 9, 2011.
A girl runs through a flooded road during a rainstorm in Beijing, August 9, 2011.
A flash of lightning lights the sky in Beijing, August 9, 2011.
Fork lightning is seen in the sky before the rainstorm in Beijing, August 9, 2011.