200,000 evacuated in China in fear of typhoon
Saturday August 06, 2011 08:23:20 AM,
IANS
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Beijing:
Over 206,000 people in the coastal areas of east China have been
evacuated as the region braces for one of the strongest typhoons
in years - Typhoon Muifa - that is expected to hit during the
weekend.
Muifa is likely to make landfall in Zhejiang province Saturday
night or Sunday morning, Xinhua reported citing meteorological
authorities.
It would be the ninth typhoon to hit China this year.
Packing winds of up to 162 km per hour near its centre, Muifa is
heading northwest at a speed of 10 km to 15 km per hour, officials
said.
The storm will bring strong winds and torrential rains in Zhejiang.
The Zhejiang provincial unit of the Communist Party of China has
ordered checking of all low-lying and other dangerous places to
make sure every one has been relocated.
Zhejiang governor Lu Zushan has ordered stepping up safety
precautions for the Qinshan nuclear power plant and local chemical
companies.
To brace for the forthcoming typhoon, several coastal cities have
temporarily closed tourist destinations and evacuated tourists.
Muifa will probably move further inland after landing, bringing
rainfall to more than 10 provinces over an area of one million
square km, said Lou Maoyuan, deputy chief of the Zhejiang
Provincial Meteorological Station.
The typhoon is expected to last for 11 days before it finally
wanes.
The ministry of civil affairs has issued a circular ordering many
provinces to monitor the situation closely and carry out disaster
relief operations in a timely manner.
Government-run storage bases for relief materials were advised to
prepare for the possible dispersal of their materials.
More than 4,000 ships have been called back to harbour in
Zhejiang's Ningbo and Taizhou cities. In Fujian, flood control
authorities called back more than 5,000 fishing vessels to the
city's harbour.
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