Typhoon Wipha packing winds of 45 meters per second landed in Cangnan County, Wenzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Typhoon Wipha packing winds of 45 meters per second landed in Cangnan County, Wenzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    HANGZHOU, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and three others injured in east China's Zhejiang Province as Typhoon Wipha made landfall on Wednesday morning, according to local sources.

    Xiong Zhengjia, 29, a worker from central China's Hubei Province, was killed when his house in Jishi village, of southern Zhejiang's Wenzhou city, collapsed at about 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

    Three people have been taken to hospital.

    Wipha hit Cangnan County, Wenzhou, at 2:30 a.m., destroying 669houses, disrupting power supplies to 1,867 villages, affecting about five million people and resulting in direct economic losses of 2.9 billion yuan (38 million U.S. dollars).

    Cangnan, where Typhoon Saomai left 153 people dead last year, saw a total of 129,978 people evacuated on the eve of Wipha's landfall.

    Schools in eight of the Zhejiang's 11 cities closed on Wednesday.

    Downpours continued in the province, which has received an average of 102.9 millimeters of rainfall by 6:00 a.m..

    Wipha weakened to tropical storm at about 11:00 a.m., with wind speeds at its eye measuring 83 kilometers per hour, and moved northwestward, approaching the commercial hub of Shanghai.

E China braces for typhoon Wipha, 2 million evacuated

    HANGZHOU, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- East China, including the commercial hub of Shanghai, is preparing for what may be the most destructive typhoon in a decade, which is likely to make landfall in Zhejiang Province or Fujian early on Wednesday.

    Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday ordered related provinces and cities to step up preparations against Wipha, recall vessels to harbor and relocate people to safety.  Full story

Typhoon forces FIFA to amend World Cup schedules

    HANGZHOU, Sept 18 (Xinhua) -- Strong typhoon Wipha's coming have forced FIFA to make some changes to the original schedules of the last round group matches at the Women's World Cup.

    FIFA announced on its official website on Tuesday that after thoroughly and carefully assessing the situation with the Local Organizing Committee and the relevant Chinese authorities, FIFA has decided to amend the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 match schedule.  Full story

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