Typhoon HaikuiThis year’s eleventh typhoon hit the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong provinces in southeast China on Tuesday morning. caused an accident in which at least three were missing.
Caused by strong winds and rains Fire truck with 9 people in it fell into the river In Yongtai county, local publication Jimu News reported today. Rescuers managed to save six of the survivors, and three are still missing.
The typhoon first reached Dongshan County, Fujian, at around 05:20 am local time (2120 GMT on Monday), and then at 06:45 (2245 GMT on Monday), Guangdong’s Raoping county. He brought haikui with him winds of 20 to 18 meters per second The typhoon is expected to move westward at 10 to 15 kilometers per hour and gradually weaken, according to the provincial meteorological observatory.
As a precaution, local authorities carried out an evacuation of all sea areas east of Huizhou city, Guangdong province, where thousands of boats were moored and hundreds of thousands of people took shelter. In addition, more than 500 trains in Guangzhou and 23 cruise lines east of Huizhou were also canceled due to flood and typhoon prevention measures. Classes were also suspended in the cities of Shantou and Chaozhou, Xinhua news agency reported.
Haikui arrived on the island of Taiwan on Sunday before arriving in China; There were sustained winds of up to a maximum of 101 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 126 kilometers per hour. Taiwanese authorities had evacuated more than 3,000 people in the hardest-hit areas in the previous days; More than 74,000 homes were left without electricity due to heavy rains reaching 700 millimeters in parts of southern Taiwan.
Typhoon Haikui is the latest weather threat in a particularly active typhoon season in East Asia.