Flooding killed 31 residents at a care home for elderly people on the outskirts of Beijing this week, local officials have said. Footage showed emergency teams wading through chest-high water trying to rescue those trapped in the home in the Miyun District.

Beijing city officials have admitted failures in their response to heavy flooding that killed 31 residents of a care home.

China said on Thursday a total of 44 people were killed and nine unaccounted for following heavy rains that have soaked large parts of the capital