(Yicai) Aug. 2 -- Beijing has dispatched rescue and cleanup teams to the suburbs after unremitting heavy rainfall since July 29 caused severe flooding in China’s capital, claiming at least 20 lives.

Firefighters from Daxing district move an injured resident of Shuiyuzui village in Mentougou district.

Beijing Emergency Medical Center staff drop off an injured man at a temporary resettlement site at the Miaofengshan ethnic school in Miaofengshan town, Mentougou.

A digger clears debris from a bridge to the entrance of Shuiyuzui village, Mentougou.

China Railway Sixth Group workers clear tree branches and mud from a rail line by hand.

Staff from China Railway Electrification Engineering Group start work clearing a blocked road intersection.

Editor: Futura Costaglione