Typhoon "VIPA" hit China: 1 person died, 2 million are evacuated

Typhoon "Vipa" on Wednesday night fell on the southern coast of China. AFP with reference to the official agency Xinhua reports one victim. 2 million people were evacuated. An unknown man died from an electric shock when he came into the water, where an advertising sign fell. The first to hit the elements was the city of Wenzhou on the coast of the East Chinese province of Zhejiang. At night and in the early morning, the wind force here was 45 meters per second, RIA Novosti reports.

To minimize the possible consequences of the elements, China takes a number of active measures , primarily on the evacuation of people from dangerous areas. In addition, more than 30 thousand ships are put on a joke in the ports. In six cities, classes in primary and secondary schools were stopped. The closure for visits to one of the most popular tourist places in Lake Sikhu in China is announced.

20 thousand military personnel of the People’s Liberation Army of China (LLC) and the Armed Police are being prepared to fight the elements. Additional medical brigades, dozens of tons of medicines are sent to the areas of the cities of Wenzhou and Tajou.

Later on Wednesday, Typhoon should reach the city of Shanghai, the largest metropolis of China with a population of 17 million people. An emergency preparation plan has also been put into effect. 291 thousand people were evacuated from dangerous areas. Classes are canceled in schools, the population is not recommended to be on the street. All flights at the international airports of Huntsiao and Pudun were postponed or canceled.

It is possible that on Wednesday the auction will be canceled or interrupted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, according to a special warning, widespread by the administration of this trading platform. Having passed over Shanghai, the typhoon will then move along the east coast of China to the north. The VIPA will pass over the Shandong province, the yellow sea, the north of the Korean peninsula and approximately September 21 will reach the Russian Primorye.

"VIPA" has the twelfth serial number according to the number of tropical cyclones in Asia since the beginning of this year. Only those of them, whose wind force is 12 points and higher (more than 120 km per hour), is assigned the status of a typhoon. The season of these destructive atmospheric vortices in the Pacific Ocean usually lasts from June to October. The cyclones forming in low-pressure zones at the equator rush into the northern latitudes, causing great damage to the countries of Southeast and East Asia.