OVER MILLION PEOPLE SUFFERED FROM TYPHOON IN CHINA
Baku, July 23 (AZERTAC). Chanthu, the third typhoon of the season, slammed into southern China Thursday, drenching a region already inundated with heavy rains and deadly floods.
Packing winds of 115 kilometers per hour, Chanthu made landfall at 1:45 p.m. in Wuchuan City in southern China`s Guangdong Province, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. The government ordered evacuations in severely affected areas, especially in ports, fishing farms on the sea, dilapidated housing and low-lying ground. It urged local governments to step up flood control efforts. No casualties have been reported so far. Torrential rains and flooding this year already have been the worst in a decade, claiming the lives of 701 people and leaving 347 missing.
Throughout the country, floods have hit 27 provinces and municipalities, affecting 110 million people, according to Xinhua. It said more than 8 million people have been relocated. About 287,000 military personnel have been mobilized in anti-flood operations, and schools are being advised to do what they can to ensure students` safety.
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