Thousands flee as typhoon takes aim on China

[ben_meyers]

By William Foreman, Associated Press Writer
GUANGZHOU, China — The first typhoon to threaten China this year churned toward the southern island province of Hainan on Friday, forcing about 120,000 people to evacuate fish farms and low-lying areas, forecasters and media said. Fifty-six fishermen were reported missing.
Typhoon Neoguri was expected to sweep over Hainan's northeastern coast on Friday night or early Saturday, lashing the city of Wanning or Wenchang, the nation's meteorological observatory said.

The last time a typhoon threatened China so early in the season was before 1949, Chen Lei, a flood relief official, was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua News Agency.

I wonder how many more people are in the path of this storm since 1949?

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/hurricanes/2008-04-17-typhoon-china_N.htm?csp=34

[orangerevolution]

1. US could be hypocritical

In the devistation that follows, if the US does not offer to help the thousands displaced in China, we really are a terrible, hypocrtical country.