Typhoon prompts evacuations in China

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Beijing - Authorities evacuated more than 600 000 people as Typhoon Haikui buffeted eastern China with gales and torrential rain early on Wednesday.

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Haikui is the third typhoon to batter China in the past week.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/typhoon-prompts-evacuations-in-china-1.1358708

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Re: Typhoon prompts evacuations in China

Nearly 2 mln evacuated as Typhoon Haikui hits China

Typhoon Haikui struck China on Wednesday, packing winds of up to 110 km per hour (68 mph), prompting officials to evacuate nearly 2 million people and grounding hundreds of flights to and from Shanghai and other cities.

More than 1.5 million people in the eastern province of Zhejiang and 252,000 residents of outlying parts of Shanghai were evacuated after Haikui landed early in the morning, causing flooding and stranding hundreds of people, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

More than 500 domestic and international flights to and from Shanghai's two airports, Hongqiao and Pudong, have been cancelled.....

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/08/china-storm-shanghai-idINDEE87705E20120808

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