Sep 19 2007

Typhoon Wipha: Two million evacuated

A quick first post from the stormchaser world. 

The east coast of China is getting hit today:

Typhoon Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai early Wednesday as authorities moved 2 million people following forecasts it would be the most powerful storm to hit eastern China in a decade. 

http://www.cnn.com/2… 

Haven’t seen too much on traditional media yet.  Waiting to see if they pick it up with the US morning news cycle — no mention of it on CNN-TV or BBC, thus far. 

The reason China is taking it seriously:

officials said it would be the most destructive storm to hit the Shanghai area in years if it followed a course northward that would take it just west of the city.

The report adds that the two million were evacuated because their housing could not stand up to the winds.

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  1. SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Typhoon Wipha flooded streets and prompted mass evacuations as it swept through eastern China on Wednesday, but the storm eventually weakened and caused little damage in the financial center of Shanghai. One man was electrocuted.

    http://www.cnn.com/2…

    So, they evac’d 2 million.  One died.  The rest will go home to flooded streets.

    Not sure if that will lead them to take such drastic evac action the next time or if they’ll back down and then get caught short when the storm does make a bullseye.

  2. 9 dead, 2.7 million evacuated (!) from around Shanghai, thousands of homes flattened, hundreds of towns without power, $693 million prelim. in damages.

    http://www.cnn.com/2…

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