Typhoon Megi floods Chinese city

Record ID: 1958522

  • Title: Typhoon Megi floods Chinese city
  • Date: 28th September 2016
  • Summary: HANGZHOU CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA (APRIL 21, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (CCTV - Broadcasters: NO ACCESS CHINA Digital: NO ACCESS CHINA) SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING POLICE POINTING AT CRACK IN THE TARMAC SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING POLICE PLACING ROAD CONES NEAR CRACK/CARS DRIVING ON ROAD SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING POLICE PLACING ROAD CONES AROUND CRACK SURVEILLANCE VIDEO S
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  • Keywords: Fuzhou Typhoon Megi floods landfall rain
  • Location: FUZHOU CITY, FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA
  • City: FUZHOU CITY, FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,China (PRC),Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA00151HBCCL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3 (QUALITY AS INCOMING)
    Streets in China's southeastern city of Fuzhou were flooded on Wednesday (September 28), hours after Typhoon Megi made landfall.
    Megi, which has killed four people and injured more than 523 in Taiwan since roaring in from the Pacific, hit the nearby Quanzhou city at 4:40 a.m. local time (2040 GMT Tuesday, September 29). Chinese authorities issued their third-highest severe weather warning in anticipation of the storm.
    Schools were shut and dozens of flights were cancelled, state run Xinhua news agency reported, adding that 122,600 people in Quanzhou were evacuated as of 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Wednesday.
    Fujian province's 31,700 fishing boats have been recalled to port to avoid the high winds.
    Typhoons are common at this time of year, picking up strength as they cross warm Pacific waters and bringing fierce winds and rain when they reach land.
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