Muifa brings rain to the northeast
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August 10, 2011, Wednesday
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MUIFA, the ninth tropical storm to affect China this year, has weakened into a depression, but continued to bring rain to northeast China yesterday.
According to the website of the Central Meteorological Station, the storm weakened into a depression at about 2am in Liaoning Province, after making landfall over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
It was moving northeast at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, said Ge Jianshan, vice head of the flood control and drought relief office of Ji'an City in Jilin Province.
Downpours had given way to showers in Ji'an yesterday morning while boats resumed tourist services on the Yalu River, which borders the DPRK.
The Central Meteorological Station forecast that Muifa would continue to bring rain to northeast China and gales off the coast of Liaoning until this morning. It warned local governments to be on alert for geographical disasters.
Starting from Monday evening, Muifa had brought torrential rain to most regions in Heilongjiang Province, which borders Jilin.
According to the weather forecast, gales and downpours will also continue to batter some regions in Heilongjiang until today. Local governments had been alerted to ensure people's safety and that flood protection facilities were working, said Lu Bing, a director with the provincial water conservancy bureau.
Gales and downpours brought by the tropical storm since last Thursday have hit 214 counties in the provinces of Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, as well as Shanghai Municipality, the National Commission for Disaster Reduction said yesterday.
As of 4pm yesterday, strong winds and heavy rain had impacted the lives of 5.14 million people and forced the evacuation of more than 1.47 million. The storm damaged or destroyed 14,300 houses, according to a statement issued by the commission. More than 62,700 vessels were ordered to dock because of the storm.
Muifa also caused hundreds of flights to be canceled in Shanghai over the weekend.
The storm has caused direct economic losses of 4.24 billion yuan (US$658 million) in the five provincial-level regions, the statement added.
According to the website of the Central Meteorological Station, the storm weakened into a depression at about 2am in Liaoning Province, after making landfall over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
It was moving northeast at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, said Ge Jianshan, vice head of the flood control and drought relief office of Ji'an City in Jilin Province.
Downpours had given way to showers in Ji'an yesterday morning while boats resumed tourist services on the Yalu River, which borders the DPRK.
The Central Meteorological Station forecast that Muifa would continue to bring rain to northeast China and gales off the coast of Liaoning until this morning. It warned local governments to be on alert for geographical disasters.
Starting from Monday evening, Muifa had brought torrential rain to most regions in Heilongjiang Province, which borders Jilin.
According to the weather forecast, gales and downpours will also continue to batter some regions in Heilongjiang until today. Local governments had been alerted to ensure people's safety and that flood protection facilities were working, said Lu Bing, a director with the provincial water conservancy bureau.
Gales and downpours brought by the tropical storm since last Thursday have hit 214 counties in the provinces of Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, as well as Shanghai Municipality, the National Commission for Disaster Reduction said yesterday.
As of 4pm yesterday, strong winds and heavy rain had impacted the lives of 5.14 million people and forced the evacuation of more than 1.47 million. The storm damaged or destroyed 14,300 houses, according to a statement issued by the commission. More than 62,700 vessels were ordered to dock because of the storm.
Muifa also caused hundreds of flights to be canceled in Shanghai over the weekend.
The storm has caused direct economic losses of 4.24 billion yuan (US$658 million) in the five provincial-level regions, the statement added.
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