206,000 evacuated in Zhejiang
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August 6, 2011, Saturday
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MORE than 206,000 residents in the coastal areas of east China's Zhejiang Province have been evacuated as it braces for the strongest typhoon in years.
Typhoon Muifa will likely make landfall in Zhejiang tonight or tomorrow, the Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Station said.
Zhao Hongzhu, chief of the Zhejiang provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, has ordered checks of all low-lying and other dangerous places to make sure everyone has been relocated.
Lu Zushan, Zhejiang's governor, ordered safety precautions to be stepped up at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant and local chemical companies.
To prepare for the arrival of the typhoon, several coastal cities in Zhejiang have temporarily closed tourist destinations and evacuated tourists.
On Wednesday night, Muifa abated from a super typhoon to a strong typhoon, but it is still expected to be one of the most powerful to hit China in recent years.
It will probably move further inland after landing, bringing rainfall to more than 10 provinces over an area of 1 million square kilometers, said Lou Maoyuan, the weather station's deputy chief. The typhoon is expected to last for 11 days before it finally wanes, Lou said.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has ordered government-run storage bases for relief materials in the cities of Hefei, Fuzhou, Wuhan and Changsha to prepare for the possible dispersal of their materials.
The ministry, along with the National Commission for Disaster Reduction, sent a work team to Zhejiang on Thursday to direct preparatory work for the typhoon.
More than 4,000 vessels have been called back to harbor in Zhejiang's cities of Ningbo and Taizhou.
In Fujian, flood control authorities have called more than 5,000 fishing vessels back to harbor.
The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center is continuing its orange alert for high sea waves, the second-highest alert in a four-level warning system. The center said the East China Sea will see waves of 9 to 12 meters high today, with waters near Shanghai and Zhejiang experiencing waves some 3 to 4.5 meters high.
Typhoon Muifa will likely make landfall in Zhejiang tonight or tomorrow, the Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Station said.
Zhao Hongzhu, chief of the Zhejiang provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, has ordered checks of all low-lying and other dangerous places to make sure everyone has been relocated.
Lu Zushan, Zhejiang's governor, ordered safety precautions to be stepped up at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant and local chemical companies.
To prepare for the arrival of the typhoon, several coastal cities in Zhejiang have temporarily closed tourist destinations and evacuated tourists.
On Wednesday night, Muifa abated from a super typhoon to a strong typhoon, but it is still expected to be one of the most powerful to hit China in recent years.
It will probably move further inland after landing, bringing rainfall to more than 10 provinces over an area of 1 million square kilometers, said Lou Maoyuan, the weather station's deputy chief. The typhoon is expected to last for 11 days before it finally wanes, Lou said.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has ordered government-run storage bases for relief materials in the cities of Hefei, Fuzhou, Wuhan and Changsha to prepare for the possible dispersal of their materials.
The ministry, along with the National Commission for Disaster Reduction, sent a work team to Zhejiang on Thursday to direct preparatory work for the typhoon.
More than 4,000 vessels have been called back to harbor in Zhejiang's cities of Ningbo and Taizhou.
In Fujian, flood control authorities have called more than 5,000 fishing vessels back to harbor.
The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center is continuing its orange alert for high sea waves, the second-highest alert in a four-level warning system. The center said the East China Sea will see waves of 9 to 12 meters high today, with waters near Shanghai and Zhejiang experiencing waves some 3 to 4.5 meters high.
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