Evacuations as typhoon hits China coast
More than 200,000 people _____________ evacuated as a
typhoon made landfall on China’s east coast, state media say.
Typhoon Yagi hit China’s Zhejiang province shortly before
midnight on Sunday packing winds of up to 102km/h, the official
Xinhua news agency reports, citing provincial flood control
headquarters.
A total of 204,949 people in 10 cities, including Taizhou,
Zhoushan, and Wenzhou, have been evacuated and almost 21,000
fishing boats called back to port, it said.
The storm will also bring heavy rain and will gradually
weaken as it moves slowly inland to the northwest, Xinhua said.
Summer is China’s typhoon season, although casualties
____________ minimised in recent years by early government
planning and evacuations from potencial danger zones.
Adapted from www.news.com.