Typhoon Kalmaegi lashes S China
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Typhoon Kalmaegi landed in China's southernmost island province Hainan on Tuesday morning, forcing flight cancellations and boat evacuations.
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Typhoon Kalmaegi landed in China's southernmost island province Hainan on Tuesday morning. [Photo/hinews.cn] |
The typhoon made landfall in Wengtian Township, Wenchang City at a speed of 40 meters per second at 9:40 a.m. It is the fifteenth typhoon to hit China this year.
It also landed in the coastal areas of Xuwen County, Guangdong Province at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the provincial meteorological bureau.
Typhoon Kalmaegi is weaker than the super typhoon Rammasun that killed 62 people in July, according to Gao Yuanfu from Mingyue Village, Wengtian Township.
Gao's leg, tied with a bandage, was badly injured in typhoon Rammasun,the strongest typhoon to hit south China in four decades. Gao's family has been living in tents for the past two months as his house was blown away in the last typhoon.
"Our new house has yet to be completed and we suffer again," said Gao, who is worried most about his harvest.
"It is only half a month away from the harvest," he said, adding that he will suffer losses again.
More than 20,000 residents have been resettled in 24 temporary settlements since Monday morning, said Zheng Hongyan, Party secretary of the Wengtian township government.
"Although typhoon Kalmaegi is weaker than typhoon Rammasun, the rising sea water is more serious," said Liu Mancang, a shop owner in the provincial city of Haikou. There was 50-cm of water in his shop.
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