BEIJING – Almost 300,000 people were evacuated and public transport was suspended across eastern China on Friday, as Typhoon Gaemi brought torrential rains already responsible for five deaths in nearby Taiwan.
Gaemi was the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years when it made landfall on Thursday, flooding parts of the island's second-biggest city.It also exacerbated seasonal rains in the Philippines on its path to Taiwan, triggering flooding and landslides that killed 20 people.A tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of oil sank off Manila on Thursday, with authorities racing to contain a fuel spill.
In neighboring Zhejiang province, footage aired by state broadcaster CCTV Friday showed streets turned into rivers, trees strewn over roads and bikes struggling through knee-high waters.The province's Wenzhou city — home to 9 million people — has issued its highest warning for rainstorms and evacuated nearly 7,000 people, CCTV said.The typhoon will also bring heavy rainfall to central Jiangxi and Henan, state media said.
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