Typhoon Haikui affects 130,000 in E China province
Updated: 2012-08-10 15:35
(Xinhua)
|
||||||||
NANCHANG - More than 130,000 people have been affected and about 10,000 residents have been relocated in East China's Jiangxi province as a result of typhoon Haikui, local authorities said Friday.
Typhoon-triggered torrential rainstorms have battered the province, forcing the relocation of 13,359 people after the typhoon made landfall early Wednesday morning in East China's Zhejiang province, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.
The city of Jingdezhen, which was hit hard by the heavy rains, received 220 mm of rain, the headquarters said.
The provincial meteorological station issued an orange alert for the storm at 8:40 am, as more rains will pelt the province Friday.
Chinese meteorological authorities use a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red being the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
As the typhoon is moving westward, 12 trains running on the Wan'gan Railway, a railway line connecting East China's Anhui province and neighboring Jiangxi province, have been stranded by rain-triggered floods, said the Nanchang Railway Bureau. Repair work is under way.
No casualties have been reported in Jiangxi so far.
Relief reaches isolated village
Rainfall poses new threats to quake-hit region
Funerals begin for Boston bombing victims
Quake takeaway from China's Air Force
Obama celebrates young inventors at science fair
Earth Day marked around the world
Volunteer team helping students find sense of normalcy
Ethnic groups quick to join rescue efforts
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
|
|
|
|
|
|
Today's Top News
Health new priority for quake zone
Xi meets US top military officer
Japan's boats driven out of Diaoyu
China mulls online shopping legislation
Bird flu death toll rises to 22
Putin appoints new ambassador to China
Japanese ships blocked from Diaoyu Islands
Inspired by Guan, more Chinese pick up golf
US Weekly
|
|














