Typhoon slams into eastern Chinese city

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BEIJING (Reuters) - A typhoon made a direct hit on Sunday on a sprawling city in prosperous eastern China where nearly a million villagers and farmers had been evacuated from flimsy huts to safety.

Typhoon Khanun, which spared the island of Taiwan on Saturday after forecasts predicted a near direct hit, made landfall in China's mountainous Zhejiang province, where storms regularly trigger fatal floods and landslides.

The new city of Taizhou, with a population of over 5 million, took the full brunt, a city government official said, adding that those evacuated by the army had been taken to schools, railway stations, hotels and other solid buildings for protection.

"Signboards have been blown down and definitely trees will be uprooted and houses damaged," the official said, adding that 330,000 people had been moved to safety in Taizhou alone.

Reuters

[Chicago Democrat]

1. See how China does it right... I miss New Orleans... I never got to see

it!