The Star Section: Asean Ad Value: RM 20,180 26-Jul-2021 Size : 401cm2 PR Value: RM 60,542 In-Fa hammers China's east coast In-Fa hammers China's east coast Trains, flights, road traffic halted as typhoon lands in Zhejiang province SHANGHAI: Typhoon In-Fa hit China's east coast south of Shanghai, after flights and trains were can­ In and around celled and the public was ordered to stay indoors. The typhoon landed in the Putuo district of the city of Zhoushan, a major port in the east coast prov­ ince of Zhejiang, at 12.30pm local time yesterday, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the China P呵丹 Meteorological Administration. The storm hit as central China is still reeling from record flooding Hangzhou authorities warned resi­ that killed at least 58, cut off power dents that underground trains and forced the relocation of more would be suspended. than one million people, Shanghai Disneyland was closed t£We will make every effort to yesterday and today because of the ensure the safety of people's lives weather, the resort announced, and properly and do everything to while the city's Yangshan Port has minimise disaster losses, and strive evacuated hundreds of vessels, the to achieve the goal of no deaths and official Xinhua news agency report­ few injuries and economic losses," ed. said Yuan Jiajun, the Zhejiang prov­ Meanwhile in central China, the ince Communist Party secretary, death toll rose to 58 after record during an inspection of prepara­ \、 rains hitthe major city of Zhengzhou tions on Saturday official media on Tuesday, state TV reported. reported. The rains flooded a Zhengzhou The typhoon was packing winds subway tunnel where at least 12 of 155kph and gusts up to 191kph people died, knocked out power to a when it dumped rain on Taiwan. hospital and other buildings and It knocked down tree branches Nature's wrath: A huge wave forming near Haiti village in Taizhou, Zhejiang province. — China Daily/ANN left streets filled with mud. but no deaths or injuries were Rescue workers had to use bull­ reported. by the evening. and markets, and suspending road outbound flights from Saturday, dozers and rubber boats to evacu­ It was due to travel north along The Zhejiang emergency man­ traffic when necessary. and many train services in the ate residents of areas that were the Zhejiang coast from around agement department upgraded its Both Shanghai, home to about 26 region were also halted. still underwater, according to noon, passing Shanghai and reach­ typhoon response to the highest million people, and Hangzhou to The Shanghai government said it Shanghai news outlet The Paper. ing northeastern Jiangsu province level on Saturday closing schools the south cancelled inbound and would slow its subway trains, while —Agencies.