A truck runs amid heavy rain on a road in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 2, 2016. Typhoon Nida landed at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Dapeng Peninsula in the city of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, local weather authorities said. The strong typhoon packing winds up to 151.2 km per hour is moving northwest at 25 km per hour, and is expected to sweep across the cities of Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing to Guangdong's neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 495,000 people were affected by Typhoon Nida in South China, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said Wednesday.
Typhoon Nida affected five provinces including Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, and Yunnan, with 37,000 people being relocated. A total of 2,100 people are in need of emergency living assistance, according to the MCA.
Over 300 houses were destroyed and 2,400 houses damaged. The typhoon also damaged 19,600 hectares of crops, including 2,700 hectares that were totally destroyed, causing an economic loss of 510 million yuan (76.9 million U.S. dollars), according to the MCA.
Typhoon Nida landed in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, early Tuesday morning.
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GUANGZHOU, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday initiated emergency measures to prepare for the approaching Typhoon Nida.
Authorities in the provinces of Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will monitor the typhoon and release early-warning information, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs website. Full story
