|
| ĦE |
Typhoon Wipha enters the Yellow Sea |
|
THE Center of Typhoon Wipha moved toward the Yellow Sea through Jiangsu Province at 7am today, the China Meteorological Administration said.
The typhoon, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, was centered over the sea |
| ĦE |
Typhoon alert hits schools, farms, homes |
|
LOCAL elementary, secondary school and some university students had a day off yesterday as Typhoon Wipha was forecast to hit the city in the afternoon.
Despite less rain and weaker winds than expected, the typhoon warning was a |
| ĦE |
Five killed as car plunges into river amid Typhoon Wipha |
|
Five people were killed after a Ferrari car veered off the road and plunged into a river on Wednesday in east China's Zhejiang Province, where Typhoon Wipha was playing havoc, local police said on Thursday. |
| ĦE |
Death toll from typhoon Wipha rises to five |
|
The number of fatalities in east China resulting from the impact of typhoon Wipha has risen to five, and three others are missing, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The ministry said on |
| ĦE |
China mobilizes more than 20,000 troops to fight typhoon Wipha |
|
China has mobilized more than 20,000 military troops and reservists to help local people fight typhoon Wipha by reinforcing flood barriers along the main rivers.
On receiving the typhoon alarm, |
| ĦE |
Typhoon Wipha heads north after hitting east China |
|
Typhoon Wipha, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, is moving northwards after crashing into east China's coast and claiming five lives in Zhejiang Province.
The number of fatalities in |
| ĦE |
Wipha heads to Jiangsu, leaving losses behind |
|
ZHEJIANG and Fujian provinces faced a total loss of 4.82 billion yuan (US$642 million) brought about by the Typhoon Wipha, Xinhua news agency reported today.
Wipha has affected six million people, collapsed 2,419 houses, cut |
| ĦE |
Central government officials direct relief work in typhoon stricken areas |
|
A disaster relief workgroup led by Dou Yupei, Vice Minister of Civil Affairs, is visiting typhoon stricken areas in east China to direct the disaster relief work.
The group consists of officials |
| ĦE |
Wipha weakens, top-class alert canceled |
|
CHINA Meteorological Administration stopped its top-class typhoon alert at 10am today as Typhoon Wipha has been weakened to a severe tropical storm.
Zheng Guoguang, director of the administration, required local governments to |
| ĦE |
Typhoon-hit Wenzhou, Taizhou face 2.93b yuan losses |
|
TYPHOON Wipha has cost the cities Wenzhou and Taizhou 2.93 billion yuan (US$390 million) and affected nearly five million people in the two cities, local media reported today.
The typhoon landed in Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province |
| ĦE |
Wipha to Shanghai by 100km in afternoon |
|
TYPHOON Wipha will be as close as 100 kilometers to Shanghai on its way north, Xinhua news agency reported today.
Wipha was downgraded to a severe tropical storm at 7am today after landing in Wenzhou City, 420 kilometers south |
| ĦE |
Mass evacuations as typhoon moves closer |
|
AT least one person has been killed as Shanghai braces for Typhoon Wipha to hit the city tonight with gales and even more torrential rain.
A man died yesterday when he stepped in water electrified by a light box on Hutai Road |
| ĦE |
Typhoon Wipha may halt Shanghai Metro line operation |
|
Shanghai Metro line drivers were ordered to stop trains and evacuate passengers if the wind is strong enough to threaten the safe operation, eastday.com reported today.
Metro line operator has been placed |
| ĦE |
Typhoon Wipha lands in east China |
|
Typhoon Wipha weakened to a strong tropical storm after it landed in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to sources with local meteorological bureau on Wednesday.
Packing winds of 108 |
| ĦE |
E China braces for typhoon Wipha, 2 million evacuated |
|
East China, including the commercial hub of Shanghai, is preparing for what may be the most destructive typhoon in a decade, which is likely to make landfall in Zhejiang Province or Fujian early on Wednesday. |
| ĦE |
E China braces for Typhoon Wipha with 200,000 evacuated |
|
SHANGHAI, China
China's commercial center of Shanghai was evacuating 200,000 people on Tuesday ahead of the expected arrival of Typhoon Wipha, potentially the most destructive storm to hit the city in a decade, local media |
| ĦE |
Typhoon Wipha closes schools |
|
STUDENTS across the city may have one day off tomorrow as Typhoon Wipha, the worst in a decade, is heading toward Shanghai, the city's education authority said in an urgent notice this afternoon.
Classes at kindergartens, |
| ĦE |
Shanghai issues orange alert for typhoon Wipha |
|
THE SHANGHAI Meteorological Bureau issued an orange typhoon alert at 2:47pm today with Typhoon Wipha, the most destructive storm in a decade, less than 660 kilometers away from the city and heading our way.
The orange alert is |
| ĦE |
Rain, gales to slash Shanghai this afternoon |
|
TORRENTIAL rains and strong winds are expected to slash Shanghai this afternoon as the city is hit by the outer-wings of Typhoon Wipha, the most destructive storm in a decade.
Up to 50 millimeters of rain is expected to fall in |
| ĦE |
E China braces for typhoon Wipha amid high winds, downpour |
|
East China, including the commercial hub of Shanghai, is preparing for what may be the most destructive typhoon in a decade, which is likely to make landfall in Zhejiang Province early on Wednesday.
Ħ@ |
| ĦE |
Schools, offices in Taipei closed for Wipha |
|
Typhoon Wipha forced eight cities and counties in northern Taiwan including Taipei to close schools and offices Tuesday.
Taipei Stock Exchange also closed as the city stopped work, local media |
| ĦE |
Shanghai on full alert as typhoon gains power |
|
Shang is on maximum alert as Typhoon Wipha has been upgraded to severe and is heading for east China at a rate of knots.
The city government held an emergency meeting last night and warned all relevant |
| ĦE |
Taiwan issues sea and land warning for Typhoon Wipha |
|
Tropical storm Wipha strengthened into a typhoon Monday, and Taiwanese authorities issued a land warning for it, adding to their existing sea caution.
As of 2 p.m. (0600 GMT) Wipha was approaching the island packing |
| ĦE |
East China on alert as Typhoon Wipha approaches |
|
East China is on high alert as Typhoon Wipha, which intensified from a tropical storm on Monday morning, approaches coastal areas.
The typhoon, packing winds up to 126 kilometers per hour at its |
| ĦE |
Typhoon Wipha to sweep E. China tomorrow |
|
TROPICAL storm Wipha will become a typhoon early today and will sweep eastern China tomorrow morning, the Meteorological Bureau of Zhejiang Province warned today.
At 5:00am today, Wipha was located about 1,050 kilometers |
| ĦE |
Tropical storm Wipha approaches China |
|
Wipha, the 13th tropical storm this year on heels of Nari, was approaching China, said sources with the provincial meteorological observatory of Zhejiang on Sunday.
Formed at 8 a.m. Sunday on |
HOME 
