Typhoon Soulik

Weekend issued for residents of south-eastern China and Taiwan into a nightmare - there raged powerful typhoon Soulik. In Taiwan, as a result of disaster affected hundreds of people, including at least three of them - were killed. It is also noted that as a result of the disaster inflicted damage to the agricultural industry of the island country in the amount of $ 8, 6 mln.

After this typhoon, whose power began to decline, hit the Chinese province of Fujian and Zhejiang. There were evacuated hundreds of thousands of people. The Office of the State Headquarters for Flood Control and Drought reported that in the area of disaster turned out to be a total of 820,000 kitaytsev.

The maximum wind force near the epicenter of the typhoon has reached 12 points. Wind speed - 33 m / s. Under its influence in the central and southern part of Fujian Province, south-eastern part of the province of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, as well as in the eastern part of Guangdong Province have been especially heavy rains. The water level in the rivers exceeded the critical level. To date, information on casualties or the size of the damage in China until postupalo.