7 hours ago28 Dead and Over 1 million Evacuated After the Lekim typhoon in China
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)At least 28 people have died and more than one million have been forced to evacuate their homes after the lekimja typhoon hit China. Officials said the deaths were caused by landslides caused by the storm. Ten other people have reported missing. Leakim struck Wenling between Taiwan and the financial capital [...]
Officials said the deaths were caused by landslides caused by the storm.
Ten other people have reported missing.
Leakim struck Wenling between Taiwan and China's financial capital, Shanghai, in the early hours of Saturday.
The storm was initially named a “up-tajfu”, but weakened just before the earth fell.
Leakim is now slowing the road north through the province of Zhejiang and is expected to strike Shanghai, which has a population of more than 20 million.
Emergency crews have struggled to save floodbound drivers and have sought survivors in the ruins of damaged buildings.
The fallen trees and power cuts are widespread.
