China evacuates 200,000 as typhoon hits east coast

 

A boy attempts to hold umbrella amid heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Jongdari, on the Bund in Shanghai, China August 3, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China evacuated more than 200,000 people as a typhoon made landfall on its eastern coast late on Sunday, state media said.

 

Typhoon Yagi hit Zhejiang province shortly before midnight, bringing winds of up to 102 kph (63 mph), the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the provincial flood control headquarters.

 

A total of 204,949 people in 10 cities, including Taizhou, Zhoushan, and Wenzhou, have been evacuated and almost 21,000 fishing boats called back to port, it said.

 

The storm will also bring heavy rain and will gradually weaken as it moves slowly inland to the northwest, Xinhua said.

 

Summer is China's typhoon season, although casualties have been minimised in recent years by early government planning and evacuations from potential danger zones.

 

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-08-13

 

It would be nice if a series of these storms took aim at those man-made islands in the SCS.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

A total of 204,949 people in 10 cities, including Taizhou, Zhoushan, and Wenzhou, have been evacuated and...........

Are at this moment on their way to Phuket to see out the storm.................................. It's the devil in me........