Kai-Tak has 274,000 on move
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August 18, 2012, Saturday
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TYPHOON Kai-Tak arrived in the waters of the Beibu Gulf in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region yesterday afternoon.
The coastal cities of Beihai, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang and Yulin were hit by storms and gales.
Kai-Tak was due to leave Guangxi at around 8am this morning but will continue to have an impact on the region until tomorrow.
The flood control and drought relief headquarters of Guangxi said that Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, would make its second landfall in the area from Fangchenggang to north Vietnam from last night to this morning.
Kai-Tak made its first landfall in the southern province of Guangdong's Zhanjiang City at noon yesterday. A total of 274,000 residents in the province have been relocated. Local authorities also allocated manpower and money for disaster relief.
The violent weather also caused power outages in Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan provinces, affecting nearly 800,000 households at one point, but power supplies have been restored in some regions, the China Southern Power Grid Co Ltd said.
Airports, railways, shipping lines and trains in Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan have also been affected. Thousands of passengers were stranded at airports as transport services were suspended.
Off the eastern Zhanjiang coast, the violent weather triggered waves as high as four meters. Trees and billboards could be seen scattered along the roads in the city, where most of the shops and restaurants remained closed.
At an airport in Beihai, 16 flights linking Shanghai, Beijing, Kunming and Changsha were canceled, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.
Six people are still trapped after their ship was marooned in Qinzhou Port on Thursday evening. A rescue operation is under way.
Elsewhere, Kai-Tak led to the delay and cancellation of 21 flights at Meilan International Airport in Haikou, capital of the southern island province of Hainan.
The coastal cities of Beihai, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang and Yulin were hit by storms and gales.
Kai-Tak was due to leave Guangxi at around 8am this morning but will continue to have an impact on the region until tomorrow.
The flood control and drought relief headquarters of Guangxi said that Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, would make its second landfall in the area from Fangchenggang to north Vietnam from last night to this morning.
Kai-Tak made its first landfall in the southern province of Guangdong's Zhanjiang City at noon yesterday. A total of 274,000 residents in the province have been relocated. Local authorities also allocated manpower and money for disaster relief.
The violent weather also caused power outages in Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan provinces, affecting nearly 800,000 households at one point, but power supplies have been restored in some regions, the China Southern Power Grid Co Ltd said.
Airports, railways, shipping lines and trains in Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan have also been affected. Thousands of passengers were stranded at airports as transport services were suspended.
Off the eastern Zhanjiang coast, the violent weather triggered waves as high as four meters. Trees and billboards could be seen scattered along the roads in the city, where most of the shops and restaurants remained closed.
At an airport in Beihai, 16 flights linking Shanghai, Beijing, Kunming and Changsha were canceled, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.
Six people are still trapped after their ship was marooned in Qinzhou Port on Thursday evening. A rescue operation is under way.
Elsewhere, Kai-Tak led to the delay and cancellation of 21 flights at Meilan International Airport in Haikou, capital of the southern island province of Hainan.
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