强台风_英语新闻

Typhoon Khanun, the 15th typhoon this year, attacked East China's Zhejiang Province Sunday afternoon with strong winds and torrential rains. Meanwhile, Shanghai, the country's largest city, issued a warning yesterday morning, saying that it is expected to be hit overnight. So far, Khanun has forced at least 810,000 residents in Zhejiang to evacuate and 35,000 ships to seek shelter.

Khanun made land at Jinqing Township in the Luqiao District of Taizhou at 14:50 pm, with swirling winds moving at a speed of more than 180 kilometres an hour, bringing rainstorms to most parts of the province.

The typhoon was moving at 25 kilometres per hour in a northwesterly direction, and was expected to tear through the Zhejiang cities of Ningbo, Shaoxing, Jinhua, the capital city Hangzhou and Huzhou, and then into East China's Jiangsu Province, according to a local meteorological observatory.