About 460,000 People Evacuated in China ahead of Tropical Storm Sinlaku


11:26, September 15th 2008
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About 460,000 people were evacuated by Chinese authorities at the country’s eastern seaboard ahead of Tropical Strom Sinlaku, local media reported on Monday.

About 30,000 fishing vessels were recalled to their harbours in Fujian province, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.

Sinlaku, which had hit Taiwan over the weekend, weakened on its path towards the Chinese coast and brought winds of up to 126 kilometres per hour and heavy rainfalls in Fujian and the neighbouring Zhejiang province.

However, it was still hard to predict where and when the storm would make landfall in China.

Authorities warned about flash floods and mudslides. They said the storm could still hit the cities Ningbo, Taizhou and Wenhzhou.

In Taiwan 13 people were injured by Sinlaku and 130,000 households experienced power outages.



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