Typhoon hits coastal China, 600K evacuated

[pop goes the weasel]

600,000 evacuated safely. Isn't there a Maoist re-education camp we could send * to?

SHANGHAI, China --Nearly 600,000 people were evacuated as Typhoon Talim plowed into southern China on Thursday, forcing authorities to shut down schools, highways and airports, officials said.
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Fujian authorities evacuated 286,000 people, ordering boats into port and placing rescue teams on standby, according to the Web site of the Fujian Meteorological Bureau.

Just to the north in Zhejiang province, more than 291,000 people were moved away from the coastline, rivers, aging reservoirs, mountain villages and dilapidated housing, according to the official China News Service. More than 29,000 ships and fishing vessels took shelter in harbors, it said.

edited cuz I forgot the link:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/09/01/typhoon_hits_coastal_china_600k_evacuated?mode=PF

[wli]

1. Chavez, Hu, Chirac... who wouldn't have done better than Bush? n/t

[nicknameless]

2. All of the "We're number one!" jingoists should open their eyes to this.

CHINA is apparently more capable of a massive rescue effort than the US.

[applegrove]

3. Bet you the army will be there tomorrow. Keeping order and rescuing

people.