|
Typhoon hits East China, killing 14
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-09-13 06:07
HANGZHOU: At least 14 people were killed and nine others are still missing
after Typhoon Khanun tore through East China yesterday and on Sunday.
The typhoon, the 15th of the year to hit China, and the strongest, has left
nearly 5.5 million people and 2.25 million hectares of cropland affected in East
China's Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui provinces and Shanghai Muncipality, according to
the State Flood Control and Drought Relief headquarters.
Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu last Tuesday urged the
governments in the typhoon-affected areas to make timely weather forecast and
full preparations against Khanun.
Flooding triggered by the typhoon killed seven people and left eight missing
in the port of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Xinhua News Agency said.
Seven were killed in Zhejiang's Taizhou, which suffered the full fury of the
storm overnight, a flood control official said.
"The rain has stopped and we can see trees on the street which have been
blown down. Some areas of the city are still flooded, and many houses have
collapsed," said the official.
Many other Zhejiang residents are recovering from the chaos caused by Khanun.
About 1.05 million people in Zhejiang who had fled began to return home, to deal
with the floods and repair the damage.
Zhejiang Province was the hardest hit, with damages amounting to 6.89 billion
yuan (US$849 million).
More than 5.11 million people in Zhejiang were affected, with 68,300 trapped
in their homes in Taizhou alone. A total of 7,468 houses were damaged. And
224,600 hectares of farmland were affected, with 48,000 hectares ruined, the
provincial flood relief headquarters said.
In Jiangsu Province, Suzhou and Danyang bore the brunt of Khanun's rain and
wind. "I was in a taxi when it hit. The rain was so heavy that the taxi seemed
to be driving in a river," said Wang Ling, a young woman who got home at about
2:30 am yesterday in Suzhou. School officials in Suzhou cancelled classes
yesterday.
In Shanghai, officials reported that a man was hit by a neon light while he
walked past the ticket building of Shanghai Railway Station. His left arm was
seriously hurt, but no update on his condition is available.
More than 160,000 residents were evacuated.
Service has resumed at Hongqiao and Pudong airports.
(China Daily 09/13/2005 page2)
|
 | | | Buddhist monks attend MBA program in Shanghai | | |  | | | President Hu visits Mexico | | |  | | | HK disneyland opens | | |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Today's
Top News |
|
|
|
Top China
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
