|
CHINA> Regional
![]() |
|
Typhoon Nuri brings downpours to south China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-24 00:00 NANNING - Downpours brought by Typhoon Nuri swept south China's Guangdong and Guangxi from Friday to Saturday, but no casualties have been reported. From 8 a.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday, rainstorms accompanied by winds of up to 68 km per hour, hit the southeastern areas of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with the biggest precipitation of 350 mm in Beiliu County, according to the regional meteorological station.
Typhoon Nuri was downgraded to a strong tropical storm on Friday afternoon after it landed in the coastal areas along Sai Kung of Hong Kong. The storm made another landfall in southern Guangdong late on Friday, packing winds of up to 90 km per hour. In a farming yard in Guangzhou, Guangdong's capital, 186 tourists, including 55 foreigners, were evacuated to safe areas by police after the wooden house where they stayed were damaged by strong winds with power cut off. |
||||
明水县| 平定县| 砚山县| 时尚| 西贡区| 澄城县| 稻城县| 广州市| 钟山县| 崇阳县| 抚松县| 军事| 都匀市| 沙坪坝区| 开封市| 克什克腾旗| 商丘市| 乌兰察布市| 平谷区| 五华县| 德惠市| 淳化县| 铅山县| 南木林县| 龙川县| 高平市| 灵川县| 城市| 安远县| 黄陵县| 磴口县| 荔浦县| 贵南县| 象山县| 万盛区| 元江| 黄浦区| 长寿区| 西乡县| 镇沅| 盖州市|