Typhoon Gaemi traveled to southeastern China on Thursday after churning across the Taiwan Strait, the Typhoon triggered the seasonal rain and landslide in the Philippines on its way to Taiwan which killed 20 people. President Xi Jinping held a meeting with countries top leaders on Thursday and locals have warned the citizens to stay alert as China has a high possibility of getting flooded.
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local media in China has reported that Typhoon Gaemi will bring heavy rain to central Jiangxi and Henan provinces. In Guangdong province, the most populated place in China public transport system has been suspended for today. Typhoon Gaemi is the third most powerful typhoon that clashed with China this year and caused landfall in Fujian province at 7:50 pm (11:50 GMT) on Thursday. Before its arrival, 240,800 people in Fujian were evacuated. Despite its weakening because of its landfall in Fujian.
Typhoon Gaemi is been compared to Typhoon Doksuri last year which triggered floods as far as Bejing in the North and caused a loss of at least 30 billion. These circumstances are pointing towards climate change as China is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. And the storm is expected to unleash a heavy rainfall that may cause flood in at least 10 Chinese provinces in the upcoming days.
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Gaemi killed three people in Taiwan triggering a flood and sinking a freighter on Wednesday apart from 3 casualties the storm has injured 380 people in total. Offices, schools, and the financial markets are closed Trains were stopped until 3 pm (07:00 GMT), and all domestic flights and 195 international flights were canceled.
A tanker carrying almost 1.4 million liters of fuel sank due to the weather conditions in the Bataan province early on Thursday 14-15 Crew members were rescued by the authorities. The typhoon is been seen moving northwestward at about 20 kilometers per hour. And is expected to weaken as it traveled toward Jiangxi by late Friday afternoon. Northwestward provinces are receiving heavy rainfall.
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