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Authorities in southeast China's Fujian Province has ordered all schools and scenic spots to close before 4 p.m. Friday, as typhoon Morakot nears.
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Photo taken on Aug. 7, 2009, shows the flooded areas in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province. Strong rainstorms brought by the tropical storm Goni caused great disaster to the western Hainan areas and the villagers suffered a heavy loss |
The Fujian provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Friday that about 34,000 vessels had been recalled to port and 21,190 people in the cities of Ningde, Putian, Fuzhou and Quanzhou had been relocated to safe areas.
The headquarters has entrusted the education bureau to notify schools in the four cities to stop all activities, and make sure all teachers and students leave safely.
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Residents living on the sea are evacuated to the safe place in Ningde City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Aug. 7, 2009. Authorities in Fujian Province have ordered all schools and scenic spots to close before 4 p.m. Friday, as typhoon Morakot nears. The provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Friday that about 34,000 vessels had been recalled to port and 21,190 people in the cities of Ningde, Putian, Fuzhou and Quanzhou had been relocated to safe areas. |
According to China National Meteorological Center, Morakot, the eighth typhoon to affect China's mainland, was 180 km southeast of Keelung,
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Members of the Fujian border police hand over the supplies to crew members of a ship from Taiwan at Shacheng port in Ningde of southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 7, 2009. Led by a ship sent by the Fujian border police, two ships from Taiwan arrived at a port in Ningde safely on Friday as typhoon Morakot nears |