More than 780,000 people have been displaced in China due to Typhoon Saola

The typhoon hit the city of Zhuhai on the morning of September 2, which has a population of more than 2.5 million people. Saola is the ninth typhoon this year.

Due to the upcoming strong typhoon Saola in southern China in Guangdong province, more than 780 thousand people have been evacuated from dangerous areas. This was reported by Xinhua.

Typhoon Saola is the ninth typhoon this year. On the morning of September 2, it hit the city of Zhuhai with a population of more than 2.5 million people. At this moment, the maximum wind speed at the typhoon’s epicenter is 42 to 46 meters per second.

Before that, Hong Kong and Macau were hit by typhoons, where heavy rains caused flooding, and hurricane-force winds of more than 200 kilometers per hour uprooted trees and destroyed roofs from in the houses. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.

Meteorologists predict that Saola will move in a southwesterly direction toward the east coast of Taiwan along the Guangdong coast at a speed of 15 to 20 km per hour and gradually lose strength.

Due to the impending typhoon, 13 cities in the province canceled the Knowledge Day celebration on September 1 and postponed the start of the school year in schools and kindergartens, and by order of local authorities, canceled all work at sea and restored more than 80,000 fishing boats. and boats to the port.

Saola is expected to bring severe storms and downpours with strong winds to southern and coastal Guangdong over the weekend.

It will be remembered that in Beijing, 11 people died due to heavy rain.

Typhoon Doxuri hit the Philippines earlier today. The element claimed the lives of 25 people, at least 20 others are missing.

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