[Regnum] More than 628 thousand people in the eastern Chinese province of Fujian found themselves in the disaster area due to Typhoon Gaemi. This was reported on July 26 by China Central Television.
Typhoon Gaemi reached the coast of Fujian Province on the evening of July 25, after which it weakened to a tropical storm and is moving inland in a northwesterly direction. The speed of the elements is 20 km/h. The wind speed at the epicenter of the typhoon reaches 28 m/sec.
The authorities evacuated 150,000 residents from the disaster area in advance. Several dozen ferry routes were suspended and about 100 flights were cancelled due to the natural disaster. Train service was suspended in all directions on July 25.
The provincial Marine Affairs Department has deployed three additional rescue helicopters and three rescue vessels, as well as 49 patrol boats and over 100 tugboats to the coast to ensure a timely response to any potential emergency.
Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that Moscow and several other regions of the European part of Russia were hit by bad weather. Wind gusts in the capital reached 25 meters per second, which corresponds to a 10-point storm on the Beaufort scale. In some areas, almost 50% of the monthly precipitation norm fell.
Emergency services reported that two people were injured when trees fell on them during a thunderstorm with strong winds and hail in Moscow. A total of 24 trees fell in the capital.