Zhejiang on emergency alert
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August 8, 2012, Wednesday
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TYPHOON Haikui had strengthened into a severe typhoon as it approached the coast of Zhejiang Province, the provincial observatory said yesterday.
The storm's center was located 270 kilometers southeast of Xiangshan County as of 2pm, and it was moving northwest at a speed of 10kph.
Haikui has already brought downpours to Zhejiang, causing excessive water levels in some reservoirs.
Haikui is expected to have made landfall by this morning near the Sanmenwan Gulf of Zhejiang. The typhoon has formed a huge, clear eye. As its wind ring expands, it will have a wide-ranging effect on coastal regions of Zhejiang and Shanghai, said Lou Maoyuan, deputy director of the observatory.
Railway authorities have canceled all passenger trains departing from, and arriving at, the cities of Ningbo, Taizhou and Wenzhou and other coastal regions of Zhejiang.
As of 3:54pm, more than 70 flights leaving from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport had been canceled.
The state flood control and drought relief headquarters lifted the emergency response to the typhoon and flooding to Level II, the second-highest level in the country's four-tier emergency response system.
Haikui is expected to remain in Zhejiang's coastal areas and Shanghai after making landfall.
Authorities in the city of Taizhou ordered all businesses and schools to close yesterday.
The city also put a halt to all construction work and inspected all dangerous chemical production firms to ensure their safety during the typhoon, which will bring strong winds and rain for 48 hours.
Haikui will be the third typhoon to wallop China's eastern coast in a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region over the weekend.
More than 467,300 people have been relocated in Zhejiang since Sunday in preparation for the typhoon, and more than 33,000 ships had been ordered back to port.
At 4pm yesterday, neighboring Jiangsu Province issued a Level II emergency response, the provincial flood control headquarters said.
Jiangsu also ordered more than 23,900 ships to take shelter at port and relocated about 74,300 people.
The storm's center was located 270 kilometers southeast of Xiangshan County as of 2pm, and it was moving northwest at a speed of 10kph.
Haikui has already brought downpours to Zhejiang, causing excessive water levels in some reservoirs.
Haikui is expected to have made landfall by this morning near the Sanmenwan Gulf of Zhejiang. The typhoon has formed a huge, clear eye. As its wind ring expands, it will have a wide-ranging effect on coastal regions of Zhejiang and Shanghai, said Lou Maoyuan, deputy director of the observatory.
Railway authorities have canceled all passenger trains departing from, and arriving at, the cities of Ningbo, Taizhou and Wenzhou and other coastal regions of Zhejiang.
As of 3:54pm, more than 70 flights leaving from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport had been canceled.
The state flood control and drought relief headquarters lifted the emergency response to the typhoon and flooding to Level II, the second-highest level in the country's four-tier emergency response system.
Haikui is expected to remain in Zhejiang's coastal areas and Shanghai after making landfall.
Authorities in the city of Taizhou ordered all businesses and schools to close yesterday.
The city also put a halt to all construction work and inspected all dangerous chemical production firms to ensure their safety during the typhoon, which will bring strong winds and rain for 48 hours.
Haikui will be the third typhoon to wallop China's eastern coast in a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region over the weekend.
More than 467,300 people have been relocated in Zhejiang since Sunday in preparation for the typhoon, and more than 33,000 ships had been ordered back to port.
At 4pm yesterday, neighboring Jiangsu Province issued a Level II emergency response, the provincial flood control headquarters said.
Jiangsu also ordered more than 23,900 ships to take shelter at port and relocated about 74,300 people.
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