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Clean up efforts begin in southern China as Typhoon Gaemi pushes inward
The Star
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7/27/2024
Clean up efforts have begun after Typhoon Gaemi pummelled China's southern provinces, as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year moves inland, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday (July 27).
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Cleanup efforts have begun after Typhoon Gaiemi
00:04
pummeled southern China on Friday.
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Many residents and business operators cleared the aftermath
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as the storm was now moving towards the southeast and northwestward.
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The state grid had also begun repairing damaged facilities
00:19
to ensure electricity supply returned to normalcy.
00:23
The storm caused massive flooding in many cities,
00:26
with over 90,000 residents being evacuated from their homes
00:30
and premises in Guangdong province.
00:32
Authorities warned that as many as 10 provinces,
00:35
including Henan province, could be affected by the typhoon.
00:39
In Taiwan, the typhoon was the third experienced
00:41
by the residents living in Yilan County.
00:44
After the typhoon made a landfall in Taiwan on Thursday night,
00:47
many trees were uprooted and roads and power were cut off.
00:52
Authorities said the typhoon had claimed at least seven lives.
00:56
Taiwan's Coast Guard rescued crew members from two stranded freighters
01:00
as they continued their search for another Tanzania-flagged cargo ship
01:04
that sank off the southern coast.
01:06
Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council said the number of freighters stranded
01:10
was unprecedented for a typhoon.
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