Typhoon Rumbia causes heavy damages in China

Xinhua | Updated: 2018-08-19 08:16
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Typhoon Rumbia causes huge waves in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province on Aug 18 and the major local beaches are temporarily closed. [Photo/VCG]

BEIJING -- Typhoon Rumbia, the 18th this year, has been moving northwest inland since it made landfall in Pudong New Area of Shanghai Friday, bringing heavy downpours and causing floods along its route.

The civil affairs department of East China's Anhui province said that a total of 164,700 people has been adversely affected by typhoon Rumbia, and 2,226 people had been evacuated as of 3pm Saturday.

Some 17,000 hectares of crops were inundated in the province, with the economic loss estimated at 93.41 million yuan (about $13.59 million). No casualties have been reported.

According to the meteorological bureau of Central China's Henan province, the typhoon entered the province around 3am Saturday. Heavy rain has caused water logging in some cities in the eastern part of Henan.

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