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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Typhoon forces evacuations, flight cancellations in eastern China |
| 2019-08-11 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Hundreds of flights were cancelled and a million people were evacuated from their homes as the third-largest typhoon on record in China hit the east of the country, state-run China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Saturday. Typhoon Lekima made landfall early on Saturday morning in the eastern province of Zhejiang with maximum winds of 187 km per hour, although it had weakened from its earlier designation as a ’super’ typhoon, the official Xinhua news agency reported. China’s weather bureau on Saturday issued an orange alert, its second highest, after putting out a red alert on Friday, when the storm forced flight cancellations in Taiwan and shut markets and businesses on the island. The storm was moving northward at 15 kph and was gradually weakening, Xinhua reported, citing the weather bureau. Some 625 flights at airports in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu were due to be cancelled, CCTV reported, citing the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Several dozen trains connecting Zhejiang with northern and central China had also been cancelled. More than 250,000 residents in Shanghai and 800,000 in Zhejiang province had been evacuated due to the typhoon, and 2.72 million households in Zhejiang had experienced blackouts as strong winds and rains cut electricity transmission lines, state media reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 /sarc |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-08-11 09:23 |
| #2 Those artificial islands are doomed anyway haven't you heard? Sea level rise due to climate change is going to wipe them out in a few years. |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-08-11 09:07 |
| #1 how are their artificial bases on built-up atolls faring? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-08-11 07:54 |