More than 6 million people have been affected by Typhoon Lekima after it made landfall Saturday in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province.
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As of 5 pm Sunday, the super typhoon left 6.51 million people impacted in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, and Fujian as well as the city of Shanghai, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Authorities have relocated some 1.46 million people, the ministry said.
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East China’s Shandong Province braced for the full impact for Typhoon Lekima on Sunday after 32 people died and 16 remained missing in Zhejiang Province where the storm first made landfall.
The typhoon is expected to lash Shandong’s coastline late Sunday, bringing strong winds and torrential rains, the National Meteorological Center warned on Sunday.
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By midday Sunday, more than 35,000 hectares of crops had already been destroyed and 57 houses had collapsed, causing direct economic losses of 94.79 million yuan, the statement reads.
Shandong air traffic management bureau said the typhoon will impact airports of the area. Forty-seven flights have been adjusted, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
The Shandong education department also ordered all primary and secondary schools and kindergartens not to hold activities.
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Typhoon Lekima has left 47 dead and 21 missing in three Chinese provinces, wreaking havoc there with torrential rains and strong gales, according to China Daily.
By Monday morning, the death toll in Zhejiang province has risen to 39 while nine others remained missing, said the Zhejiang provincial flood control headquarters.
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