At least two dead and one missing in southeast China by typhoon Haikui

At least two people lost their lives this Tuesday and one remains missing in Fuzhouin the Chinese province of Fujian (southeast), after the haikui typhoon trigger deadly flooding in the region.

The event occurred when a fire truck, with nine members participating in a rescue operation, was swept away by floodwaters in the village of chiliin the county of yongtaito the east of ChinaThe Xinhua news agency reported last night.

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As of 5:00 p.m. Tuesday (0900 GMT), eight firefighters had been found, six of whom were in stable condition.

However, two rescuers lost their lives in the incident despite the efforts of rescue teams.

Authorities are continuing to search for the missing person, according to the City of Chicago Fire and Rescue Department. Fuzhou.

He haikui typhoonthe 11th this year according to Chinese meteorological authorities, made landfall in Fujian province at around 05:20 local time (2120 GMT on Monday), bringing winds of up to 20 meters per second near its center, according to the provincial meteorological observatory.

Fuzhou City experienced heavy rains due to the typhoon, with rainfall exceeding 300mm in some areas in a 24-hour period.

China has maintained the Level III emergency response for floods and typhoons in the provinces of Fujian and Canton (south), the third in an alarm level of four categories.

Due to the meteorological phenomenon, various rail services and maritime passenger routes in the region were cancelled, in addition to suspending school classes in different cities in the affected areas.

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Before making landfall in China, the Haikui arrived on Sunday on the island of taiwanwith maximum sustained winds of 101 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 126 kilometers per hour.

Taiwanese authorities evacuated more than 3,000 people in the hardest-hit areas in the days before, where more than 74,000 homes were left without power as a result of heavy rainfall, which in parts of southern Taiwan reached 700 millimeters.

Typhoon Haikui is the latest weather threat in a particularly active typhoon season in eastern Asia.

Source: Elcomercio

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