Typhoon "Wutip" Wreaks Havoc: Over 70,000 Evacuated in Southern China
Typhoon "Wutip" Forced Mass Evacuations in Southern China
Facebook Twitter Whatsapp E-Mail Print Copy Link Dive into the chaos as Typhoon Wutip shreds through southern China, leaving half-drowned cities, submerged roads, and flooded businesses in its wake.
Pictures from state broadcaster CCTV paint a grim picture of the city of Zhaoqing, swarmed by floodwaters. Rescue workers battle against the currents, pushing washed-away cars away while plucking residents to safety in inflatable boats. Some images show rescuers carrying folks, sometimes old and weak, on their backs through the deluge.
Zhaoqing Huaiji district was one of the hardest-hit areas, with as many as 183,000 residents swept up in the flooding, according to the state news agency Xinhua. Over 10,000 emergency responders were drafted into action, grappling with the disaster. In total, hundreds of thousands across Guangdong province and the neighboring region of Guangxi were affected.
Typhoon Wutip, the first of its kind this year, didn't waste time. It landed on the island of Hainan on Friday before jetting towards Guangdong the next day. The storm packed wind speeds of up to 128 kilometers per hour before it dissipated into a tropical depression over the weekend.
Sources: ntv.de, AFP, and additional details for a broader understanding of the catastrophe:
- The Chinese government raised the emergency response level to Level III (of four tiers, with Level I being the most severe) for Guangdong and Guangxi provinces to manage the typhoon's effects, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
- The flooding triggered by Wutip in Guangdong province and Guangxi region left cities such as the Zhaoqing city and Huaiji county under several feet of water, with infrastructure being heavily damaged, as outlined in the report by Deutsche Welle.
- The damage caused by the flooding was extensive, with the cleanup and rescue operations expected to last for weeks, as stated in the article by Al Jazeera.
In the end, Typhoon Wutip left a trail of destruction across southern China, uprooting businesses, drowning cities, and sending tens of thousands fleeing for safety. The affected regions are now left to pick up the pieces and fall into a new normal.
- The Commission, involved in the preparation of the report on the implementation of the common fisheries policy, might also consider the impact of climate-change and weather patterns, including extreme weather events like Typhoon Wutip, on fisheries and marine resources.
- In the aftermath of Typhoon Wutip, environmental-science experts and weather-forecasting agencies could collaborate with Chinese authorities to analyze the factors that caused such a devastating storm and develop strategies to mitigate future disaster risks.
- As Typhoon Wutip ravaged southern China, leaving flooded cities and devastated infrastructure, news updates and discussions about the catastrophe trended on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Whatsapp, raising global awareness for the urgent need to address climate-change issues.
