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More than 36,000 evacuated in China's Fuzhou due to Typhoon Haikui
By Xinhua Published: Sep 07, 2023 09:02 AM
Motor vehicles pass through floodwater on a road in downtown Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Sept. 6, 2023. More than 36,000 people in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, have been temporarily evacuated as Typhoon Haikui brought heavy rainstorms, authorities said Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

Motor vehicles pass through floodwater on a road in downtown Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Sept. 6, 2023. More than 36,000 people in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, have been temporarily evacuated as Typhoon Haikui brought heavy rainstorms, authorities said Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
This photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 6, 2023 shows floodwater in a low-laying area in Cangshan District of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. More than 36,000 people in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, have been temporarily evacuated as Typhoon Haikui brought heavy rainstorms, authorities said Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

This photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 6, 2023 shows floodwater in a low-laying area in Cangshan District of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. More than 36,000 people in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, have been temporarily evacuated as Typhoon Haikui brought heavy rainstorms, authorities said Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
People ride through water on a flooded road in Gulou District of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, made landfall in the coastal areas of Fujian Province on Tuesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

People ride through water on a flooded road in Gulou District of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, made landfall in the coastal areas of Fujian Province on Tuesday.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Rescuers transfer trapped villagers in Taijiang District of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, made landfall in the coastal areas of Fujian Province on Tuesday. Multiple areas of Fuzhou experienced heavy rainstorms starting from 9 p.m. Tuesday, with cumulative precipitation from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday breaking three-hour and six-hour maximum rainfall records of the Wushan national weather station.(Photo: Xinhua)

Rescuers transfer trapped villagers in Taijiang District of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, made landfall in the coastal areas of Fujian Province on Tuesday. Multiple areas of Fuzhou experienced heavy rainstorms starting from 9 p.m. Tuesday, with cumulative precipitation from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday breaking three-hour and six-hour maximum rainfall records of the Wushan national weather station.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
More than 36,000 people in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province, have been temporarily evacuated as Typhoon Haikui brought heavy rainstorms, authorities said Wednesday.

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, torrential rains had inflicted damage to 147 townships of the city, leading to a direct economic loss of over 552 million yuan (about 76.7 million U.S. dollars), according to the city's flood control and drought relief headquarters.

Multiple areas of the city experienced heavy rainstorms starting from 9 p.m. Tuesday, with cumulative precipitation from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday breaking three-hour and six-hour maximum rainfall records of the Wushan national weather station.

Primary schools, middle schools, kindergartens and extracurricular training institutions remained suspended on Wednesday, and urban buses, subways, trains and airport shuttle buses temporarily suspended operations. Resorts and parks were temporarily closed.

Fujian Province raised the emergency response for heavy rains to Level II at 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Meanwhile, rainfall continues to lash the city.