Typhoon Haikui hits southeast China with at least 3 missing

He haikui typhoonthe eleventh typhoon this year, made landfall on Tuesday morning in the coastal areas of the provinces of Fujian and Canton in the southeast of China and caused an accident with at least three missing.

Strong winds and heavy rain caused a fire truck with its nine occupants to plunge into a river in the county of yongtailocal media outlet Jimu News reported today.

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The rescue services were able to save six of the accident victims, while three are still missing.

The typhoon made its first arrival in the county of dongshan in Fujian around 05:20 local time (21:20 GMT on Monday) and then to the county of raoping in Canton at 06:45 (22:45 GMT on Monday).

Haikui brought winds of 20 to 18 meters per second near its core, and the typhoon is expected to move west at a speed of 10 to 15 kilometers per hour and gradually weaken, according to the provincial meteorological observatory.

As a precautionary measure, local authorities carried out an evacuation in all maritime areas east of the city of Huizhouin the province of Canton, with thousands of boats moored and hundreds of thousands of people taking refuge.

In addition, more than 500 trains in Guangzhou and 23 sea passenger routes east of Huizhou have been canceled due to flood and typhoon prevention measures.

Classes were also suspended in the cities of shantou and chaozhoureported the Xinhua news agency.

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Before touching down on Chinathe Haikui reached the island of Taiwan on Sunday, with maximum sustained winds of 101 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 126 kilometers per hour.

The Taiwanese authorities evacuated in the previous days more than 3,000 people in the most affected areas, where more than 74,000 homes were left without power supply as a result of heavy rainfall, which in parts of southern taiwan They reached 700 millimeters.

He haikui typhoon is the latest weather threat in a particularly active typhoon season in eastern Asia.

Source: Elcomercio

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