Double trouble as storms strike in less than 10 hours
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August 4, 2012, Saturday
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GALES and downpours lashed coastal regions in east China when a tropical storm and a typhoon made landfall in less than 10 hours between Thursday and yesterday, forcing the evacuation of more than 860,000 people.
Strong tropical storm Saola, weakening from a typhoon, made landfall in Fuding City in the southeastern Fujian Province at 6:50am yesterday, packing winds of 25 meters per second near its center, according to the Fujian Provincial Meteorological Station.
It was expected to move northwest at 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, bringing heavy rain to the northern part of Fujian and the inland province of Jiangxi.
As of 6am yesterday, 214,000 residents in Fujian had been relocated to safety, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said.
In Fujian's neighboring province of Zhejiang, 349,000 people were forced to flee their homes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
Saola previously made landfall at 3am on Thursday in Hualien, Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and forcing most schools and offices on the island to close.
Six people have died, two remained missing and more than 16 sustained injuries due to the storm in Taiwan.
As Saola was pounding the southeastern coast, Damrey, the 10th typhoon of the year, made landfall near Xiangshui County in east China's Jiangsu Province on Thursday night.
It brought torrential rain to Jiangsu and southern coastal areas in Shandong Province, with falls reaching 174 millimeters in Shandong's Rizhao City yesterday, local meteorological authorities said. It left one person dead, affected a total of 550,000 people, and damaged 23,723 houses in Rizhao. It also forced the relocation of 26,300 residents.
Damrey is moving northwest at 25kph.
Shandong relocated 180,000 people and ordered more than 40,000 ships to return to harbor yesterday. About 124,000 people were evacuated in Jiangsu.
It is rare to see two typhoons making landfall in China within 24 hours, said Zhang Chang'an, deputy director of the typhoon and marine meteorology center of the China Meteorological Administration.
It is only the second time China has braced for dual typhoons since 1949. At almost exactly the same time in 2006, Bopha and Saomai hit, causing severe losses, Zhang said.
Strong tropical storm Saola, weakening from a typhoon, made landfall in Fuding City in the southeastern Fujian Province at 6:50am yesterday, packing winds of 25 meters per second near its center, according to the Fujian Provincial Meteorological Station.
It was expected to move northwest at 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, bringing heavy rain to the northern part of Fujian and the inland province of Jiangxi.
As of 6am yesterday, 214,000 residents in Fujian had been relocated to safety, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said.
In Fujian's neighboring province of Zhejiang, 349,000 people were forced to flee their homes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
Saola previously made landfall at 3am on Thursday in Hualien, Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and forcing most schools and offices on the island to close.
Six people have died, two remained missing and more than 16 sustained injuries due to the storm in Taiwan.
As Saola was pounding the southeastern coast, Damrey, the 10th typhoon of the year, made landfall near Xiangshui County in east China's Jiangsu Province on Thursday night.
It brought torrential rain to Jiangsu and southern coastal areas in Shandong Province, with falls reaching 174 millimeters in Shandong's Rizhao City yesterday, local meteorological authorities said. It left one person dead, affected a total of 550,000 people, and damaged 23,723 houses in Rizhao. It also forced the relocation of 26,300 residents.
Damrey is moving northwest at 25kph.
Shandong relocated 180,000 people and ordered more than 40,000 ships to return to harbor yesterday. About 124,000 people were evacuated in Jiangsu.
It is rare to see two typhoons making landfall in China within 24 hours, said Zhang Chang'an, deputy director of the typhoon and marine meteorology center of the China Meteorological Administration.
It is only the second time China has braced for dual typhoons since 1949. At almost exactly the same time in 2006, Bopha and Saomai hit, causing severe losses, Zhang said.
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