Taiwan Now! Super Typhoon Haikui lifts houses! More than 1 million people have been evacuated!

The coastal province of Fujian in eastern China is preparing for the powerful Typhoon Haikui, which has already caused extensive damage to neighboring Taiwan. More than 230 passenger ships and ferries have been suspended in the region and more than 100 businesses have been shut down. The typhoon is expected to move across the Taiwan Strait towards Fujian at a speed of 10 km per hour and hit the coastal areas in the south of the province on Tuesday morning. According to meteorologists, from Monday to Wednesday, Haikui will bring heavy rains with gale-force winds to most parts of Fujian, and the total rainfall could reach 600 mm. Forecasters also warn of a storm and high waves in the sea. Since Monday morning, 68 passenger ships and 166 passenger ferries have been suspended in the coastal areas of the province, and more than 100 businesses on and near the coast have been shut down. On Monday, the National Meteorological Observatory of China issued a yellow warning for Typhoon Haikui, which corresponds to the third level of danger in China’s four-level disaster warning system. “Haikui will be the 11th typhoon to hit China this year. Just last weekend, Guangdong Province, neighboring Fujian, suffered from Typhoon Saola, which evacuated more than 780,000 people from dangerous areas. As reported by Ukrinform, five people were injured in Taiwan as a result of the powerful typhoon “Haikui“, and more than 30 thousand households remain without electricity. In the southern and eastern regions of the island, schools are closed and businesses are not operating. Typhoon Haikui has hit Taiwan, injuring 78 people Most of the injuries were reported in southern Taiwan as authorities downgraded Typhoon Haikui to a tropical storm Typhoon Haikui hit most of Taiwan on Monday morning, injuring at least 78 people. However, the later intensity of the tropical storm has decreased. Most of the injured were reported in southern Taiwan, Focus Taiwan News reported, citing a statement from the Central Emergency Operations Center Authorities downgraded Typhoon Haikui to a tropical storm, which made landfall twice on Monday in the island nation’s southern cities and counties. Taiwan’s Central Bureau of Meteorology said the storm passed south-southwest of the remote Penghu Islands and headed west-northwest. More than 40 people were injured in Taiwan after Typhoon Haikui swept across the island, uprooting trees and forcing thousands to evacuate. The storm, which hit the east coast on Sunday, was the first to directly hit the island in four years. Amid heavy rain and high winds, two people in a mountainous area were injured after a fallen tree slammed into a car. Dozens of others were injured - mostly by falling debris, officials said. The storm was accompanied by winds of up to 200 kilometers per hour (124 miles per hour), but there were no reports of fatalities or serious structural damage. Cleanup crews were working Monday to restore service after power went out to 160,000 homes the day before. Although it is typhoon season in the Western Pacific (11 so far), Haikui was the first major storm to directly hit Taiwan in four years. Businesses, schools and other places on the island remained closed, and domestic flights and ferry services to nearby islands were canceled. The southern and eastern regions of Taiwan were hardest hit, with the capital Taipei on the northern tip of the island experiencing rain. On the eve of the storm, more than 7,000 people were evacuated from areas where authorities feared the storm could trigger landslides and other collapses. Haikui has now weakened to a tropical storm and moved into the Taiwan Strait, heading toward the southern coast of China, where it is expected to make landfall Monday night local time. It comes just two days after Typhoon Saola, which skirted Taiwan but generated the biggest storm threat in its path in Hong Kong and southern China. The storm arrived Saturday and hit Hong Kong, but the damage was less than expected. On Monday, Chinese authorities issued warnings from Saola to Haikui as the new typhoon approached, urging boats to enter the harbor because of strong winds and heavy surf. Trains and schools have been suspended due to Typhoon Haikui, which is forecast to hit China’s southeastern coastline Several trains were canceled and some schools were suspended as Typhoon Haikui was forecast to hit China’s southeastern coast on Tuesday after passing over the island of Taiwan. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a yellow warning for typhoon and heavy rains on Monday morning, the third-highest in its four-level warning system. Haikui is likely to land in the coastal area between Zhangpu in East China’s Fujian province and Huilai in South China’s Guangdong province on Tuesday morning, heading westward, the NMC said.