Typhoon Prapiroon Brushes Past ShanghaiTyphoon Prapiroon brushed past Shanghai Municipality on Thursday, causing heavy rainstorm before it faded and headed back out to sea, local officials said.Thousands of people were evacuated from low-lying areas overnight and many urban districts and rural counties have been hit by strong winds and heavy rains. The typhoon, the most severe this year, came as close as 100 km to the city of 13 million last night, an official said. Floodwaters had breached sections on two dyke sections in Baoshan District and Chongming County. Rainfall levels in Huangpu District and Chongming County reached 85 mm and 79 mm respectively, and the rainstorm also caused power cuts in some areas, the official said. Troops spent around three hours piling up sandbags to repair a breach in a dyke in the northern district of Baoshan, he said. On the city's island county of Chongming, more than 1,200 people were evacuated as floods broke through a dyke. But there were no reports of casualties or damage, he added. |
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