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Typhoon forces evacuation of over 1 million
One man was reported dead in Cangnan County, according to officials at the local Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Cangnan was the worst-hit area in the province, with nearly 30,000 people being evacuated before the storm hit. Some Cangnan County police officers took off their clothes and swam across shoulder-deep floodwaters to reach those who were trapped in floods. "The police saved my life! All hope of survival was abandoned until the police appeared," said a man surnamed Liu who was rescued from his house encircled by water. More than 200 millimetres of rain soaked Cangnan, and floodwaters reached more than 1 metre on some streets. Zhang Binggou of the government office in Cangnan County said the city had suffered blackouts several times, and water supply was cut off in the downtown area. But even before Haitang pounded ashore, officials in coastal areas reported problems. A landslide closed nine exits of the freeway between Ningbo and Wenzhou.
An avalanche of mud and rock caused by the torrential rain caused traffic on
the Cangnan section of the No 104 National Highway to be held up for several
hours early yesterday morning.
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