Torrential rain set to hit provinces in east China
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July 15, 2013, Monday
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Eastern China was bracing for torrential downpours from Typhoon Soulik after it killed at least five people and forced the evacuation of half a million people.
Soulik lashed coastal Fujian Province with winds of 118 kilometers per hour when it made landfall on Saturday afternoon but had weakened to a tropical depression as it moved inland, the China Meteorological Administration said.
More than half a million people were evacuated from Fujian and neighboring Zhejiang as the typhoon approached, with 5,500 soldiers deployed to carry out relief work if needed.
Almost 31,000 ships were called back to port and 20 flights canceled. Soulik brought torrential rain to Xiamen, with 24 centimeters falling on the port city over the weekend.
Rivers swelled beyond warning levels in some areas, and waves up to 10 meters high pounded sea defenses in Ningde City.
In Fujian's neighboring Guangdong Province, authorities said heavy rain brought by the typhoon left three people dead and forced 20,000 people to flee their homes. Guangdong received 250 millimeters of rain from Saturday night to late yesterday.
Before moving to the mainland, Soulik killed two people in Taiwan and left one missing and 104 others injured. One town on the island reported widespread landslides and floodwaters a story high.
The northern village of Bailan saw the heaviest rain, with 90 centimeters in 48 hours, amid winds gusting up to 220kph.
While Soulik wrought havoc in Taiwan, tearing roofs from homes and causing landslides that blocked roads, eastern China escaped its full force.
"Billboards have been shattered and trees have been uprooted" but no deaths or injuries were reported.
The storm was set to dump up to 18 centimeters of rain on parts of eastern China over 24 hours as it moved further inland, forecasters said.
Downpours have already hit wide swathes of China over the past week, leaving dozens dead in rain-triggered landslides.
Officials were calculating the cost of the storm, with Zhejiang's Wenzhou City alone facing a direct economic loss of 210 million yuan (US$34 million), local officials said.
In Taiwan thousands of soldiers and workers spent yesterday cleaning up, with hundreds of fallen trees being removed in Taipei. In Puli, a small township in central Nantou County, dozens of soldiers with trucks and buckets helped residents whose homes were flooded when river banks burst.
Soulik lashed coastal Fujian Province with winds of 118 kilometers per hour when it made landfall on Saturday afternoon but had weakened to a tropical depression as it moved inland, the China Meteorological Administration said.
More than half a million people were evacuated from Fujian and neighboring Zhejiang as the typhoon approached, with 5,500 soldiers deployed to carry out relief work if needed.
Almost 31,000 ships were called back to port and 20 flights canceled. Soulik brought torrential rain to Xiamen, with 24 centimeters falling on the port city over the weekend.
Rivers swelled beyond warning levels in some areas, and waves up to 10 meters high pounded sea defenses in Ningde City.
In Fujian's neighboring Guangdong Province, authorities said heavy rain brought by the typhoon left three people dead and forced 20,000 people to flee their homes. Guangdong received 250 millimeters of rain from Saturday night to late yesterday.
Before moving to the mainland, Soulik killed two people in Taiwan and left one missing and 104 others injured. One town on the island reported widespread landslides and floodwaters a story high.
The northern village of Bailan saw the heaviest rain, with 90 centimeters in 48 hours, amid winds gusting up to 220kph.
While Soulik wrought havoc in Taiwan, tearing roofs from homes and causing landslides that blocked roads, eastern China escaped its full force.
"Billboards have been shattered and trees have been uprooted" but no deaths or injuries were reported.
The storm was set to dump up to 18 centimeters of rain on parts of eastern China over 24 hours as it moved further inland, forecasters said.
Downpours have already hit wide swathes of China over the past week, leaving dozens dead in rain-triggered landslides.
Officials were calculating the cost of the storm, with Zhejiang's Wenzhou City alone facing a direct economic loss of 210 million yuan (US$34 million), local officials said.
In Taiwan thousands of soldiers and workers spent yesterday cleaning up, with hundreds of fallen trees being removed in Taipei. In Puli, a small township in central Nantou County, dozens of soldiers with trucks and buckets helped residents whose homes were flooded when river banks burst.
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