Typhoon flooding disrupts train services in Liaoning
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August 5, 2012, Sunday
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FLOODING triggered by torrential rain brought by Typhoon Damrey, the 10th typhoon of the year, disrupted services on three railway lines in northeast China's Liaoning Province yesterday morning, local authorities said.
Services on a major local line linking Liaoning's capital city Shenyang with port city Dalian were suspended after a section was submerged under water at about 2am. This led to the delay of about 10 trains, the Shenyang railway bureau said.
Flooding also caused the collapse of railway beds, upon which tracks are laid, on the Shenyang-Shanhaiguan line. This has led to the suspension of bullet train services between Liaoning and other parts of the country.
And two sections of the line linking Shenyang with Dandong, in Liaoning, were inundated with flood water at about 9:50am, disrupting services.
As a result, four services from Shanghai to northern China are suspended today.
The affected services are: the K52 from Shanghai to Harbin; the T132 from Shanghai to Dalian; the K188 from Shanghai to Dandong; and the No 1342 from Hangzhou to Qiqihar, which stops at Shanghai South Railway Station.
"The line to Shanhaiguan is disrupted,'' said Pan Jiaping, an official on-duty at Shanghai Railway Station yesterday.
Passengers can obtain refunds or transfer to another service, Pan said.
The rain also affected traffic on 18 major roads and 18 county-level roads in Liaoning.
The southeastern part of the province had received 100 to 220 millimeters of rain by early yesterday, while the central city of Anshan recorded 420mm.
One person was killed on Friday night and another five missing when flood waters swept away a bridge in Dalian, the local government said.
Flooding also forced the evacuation of 88,773 people in Liaoning, said the authorities.
Two typhoons, Damrey and Saola, made landfalls in east China on Friday - a frequency rarely seen in the country within a 24-hour period - bringing strong gales and heavy rains.
The typhoons had left five people dead and one missing and forced the evacuation of 932,000 residents in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong provinces by yesterday morning, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Services on a major local line linking Liaoning's capital city Shenyang with port city Dalian were suspended after a section was submerged under water at about 2am. This led to the delay of about 10 trains, the Shenyang railway bureau said.
Flooding also caused the collapse of railway beds, upon which tracks are laid, on the Shenyang-Shanhaiguan line. This has led to the suspension of bullet train services between Liaoning and other parts of the country.
And two sections of the line linking Shenyang with Dandong, in Liaoning, were inundated with flood water at about 9:50am, disrupting services.
As a result, four services from Shanghai to northern China are suspended today.
The affected services are: the K52 from Shanghai to Harbin; the T132 from Shanghai to Dalian; the K188 from Shanghai to Dandong; and the No 1342 from Hangzhou to Qiqihar, which stops at Shanghai South Railway Station.
"The line to Shanhaiguan is disrupted,'' said Pan Jiaping, an official on-duty at Shanghai Railway Station yesterday.
Passengers can obtain refunds or transfer to another service, Pan said.
The rain also affected traffic on 18 major roads and 18 county-level roads in Liaoning.
The southeastern part of the province had received 100 to 220 millimeters of rain by early yesterday, while the central city of Anshan recorded 420mm.
One person was killed on Friday night and another five missing when flood waters swept away a bridge in Dalian, the local government said.
Flooding also forced the evacuation of 88,773 people in Liaoning, said the authorities.
Two typhoons, Damrey and Saola, made landfalls in east China on Friday - a frequency rarely seen in the country within a 24-hour period - bringing strong gales and heavy rains.
The typhoons had left five people dead and one missing and forced the evacuation of 932,000 residents in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong provinces by yesterday morning, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
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