2 people dead as typhoon Kalmaegi batters S China
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Seawater flows backward into the passengers' waiting area at Hai'an Port in typhoon-hit Xuwen County of Zhanjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The sea water reached 1.2 meters on Changdi Road in Haikou. In one area, water overflowed into a police station courtyard and swamped several police motorcycles.
Refrigerators, motorcycles, washing machines and computers in supermarkets and shops were seen submerged in water.
"Water is rising too quickly to move them out," said a supermarket owner surnamed Li.
As of Tuesday night, power supplies in more than 1.3 million residential compounds had been affected. In Haikou city, power in more than 245 residential compounds in Haikou had been cut off and three water plants suspended.
More than 200 flights have been canceled due to typhoon Kalmaegi, China's aviation authorities said Tuesday.
Sanya, the country's southernmost coastal resort city in Hainan, saw its airspace traffic capacity decline by up to 75 percent on Tuesday, and the country's air traffic authorities issued a red alert for flight delays.
By 5 p.m., Haikou Meilan International Airport of Hainan had canceled 119 flights and Sanya Phoenix International Airport canceled 110 flights, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Macao, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Nanning airports have also been affected by the tropical storm and airline companies including China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, and Capital Airlines were also affected.
At Guangxi's Nanning International Airport, 30 flights have been canceled as of 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Some 44 trains also suspended services on Tuesday, according to the Nanning Railway Bureau.
Both Guangdong and Hainan provincial governments issued the highest Grade I alerts on Monday for Kalmaegi, which will bring heavy rains to the region in the coming two days.
In Lingao County, more than 4,300 fishing boats have been called back to shore and 19,924 people have been evacuated, according to the county government.
Torrential rains hit many parts of western Guangdong on Tuesday, blowing down trees and causing floods in urban areas. All boat services were suspended across the Qiongzhou Strait.
"Typhoon Rammasun, which landed in Xuwen two months ago, devastated the banana industry," said Zhou Jincong, a local resident, adding typhoon Kalmaegi would further reduce agriculture output this year.
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