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Nearly half a million people evacuated as tropical storm hits China
2016-07-09 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DW: Nearly half a million people evacuated as tropical storm hits China Typhoon Nepartak made landfall in China as a strong tropical storm. It had lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rains a day earlier. Typhoon Nepartak hit the city of Shishi in Fujian province at 1:45 p.m. local time (0545 UTC) in the municipality of Quanzhou, with winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour (55 mph). More than 422,000 people had to be evacuated, according to China's official Xinhua news agency. It was,...
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