181000 evacuate eastern China due to typhoon

The Tropical Storm Risk website downgraded the typhoon to a category 1 storm by Saturday afternoon, on a scale of 1 to 5, and indicated it could weaken as it moves toward the Chinese province of Fujian, which it is due to hit late on Saturday. All of the villagers had been evacuated in advance.

In neighbouring Zhejiang province 14 were killed and four were missing, the official news agency Xinhua said earlier, quoting local officials as saying that the dead and missing may have been washed away by floods or buried under ruined homes. All schools and workplaces were shut on Saturday.

A mother and daughter were swept out to sea when a severe storm hit Taiwan over the weekend. Meteorologists said that Taipingshan received 40 inches of rain in two days.

A CONVERGENCE center for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan was left in shambles due to Typhoon Soudelor, according to the Central Taiwan Migrants Concerns.

The island’s high-speed rail lines and regular train networks resumed service on Sunday, except for the Alishan Forest railway, which remains shut down.

The Central Weather Bureau has warned 16 cities and counties they’re likely to experience intense rain and powerful winds from Soudelor. “There are too many trees down, and I even saw six downed power poles”, said Mr. Jiang, a sewage station engineer. Typhoon Soudelor stormed through Fujian after it landed in the province on Saturday night.

In Pakistan, the flooding has affected over one million people, killing 166 and forcing 803,271 people to evacuate their homes, according to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority.

Residents collect to see big waves stirred up by robust wind as hurricane Soudelor attracts close to the mainland of China in Wenling, in east…

Three airports were closed and more than 530 flights canceled, while more than 7,000 soldiers and police were on standby, provincial authorities said.