More roaring and tossing seas…
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China evacuates 140,000, suspends transport as typhoon nears
Beijing – Local authorities had evacuated at least 140,000 people and suspended some transport services on Wednesday as Typhoon Megi approached southern China after killing 19 people in the Philippines.
The island province of Hainan and nearby Guangdong and Fujian provinces were placed on high alert for the typhoon, which was expected to make landfall in southern China on Thursday or Friday.
Weather forecasters warned that Megi could be the strongest typhoon to hit southern China in 20 years and could bring the highest tides for 200 years to some coastal areas.
The State Oceanic Administration forecast waves up to 7 metres high off Guangdong over the next two to three days, the China Daily newspaper said.
Hainan suspended passenger trains, which use a long sea bridge connecting the island with the Chinese mainland, for Wednesday and Thursday.
Hainan authorities had mobilized 120 rescue vehicles and 78 inflatable boats to cope with possible floods and other disasters brought by the typhoon, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Some 2,500 fishing boasts in the island’s capital, Haikou, returned to port on Tuesday, while Guangdong and Fujian were also calling in fishing fleets, the agency said.
The typhoon is also expected to hit Taiwan, which lies across a narrow strait from Fujian.
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