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East China on guard as typhoon Morakot approaches
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-08 14:27 FUZHOU: Eastern China is on guard as typhoon Morakot approaches after slamming into Taiwan Friday night.
According to the Fujian provincial meteorological station, Morakot is likely to land again in the coastal province between Saturday evening and night.
It unleashed torrential rains in Fujian, where in five sites the water levels were recorded 0.02 to 0.66 meters above warning levels. In adjacent Zhejiang Province, rainfall exceeded 50 millimeters on 6.8 percent of the province's land by Friday night, with the highest at 110 millimeters in Cangnan county which borders Fujian. Nearly 300,000 residents and tourists in dangerous areas were evacuated, and the province called back 29,987 ships to harbor. More than 50,000 soldiers were prepared for emergencies in Zhejiang, said the local government. Morakot, which means "emerald" in Thai, is the eighth storm to hit China this year. It landed in Hualien of Taiwan at 11:45 pm Friday, turning over cars and cutting power supplies. Two people were killed and four others were missing. |
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