8,65,000 evacuated as super typhoon approaches China

July 11, 2015 02:20

A strong wave batters the shore near San'ao Village in Wenling, east China's Zhejiang province on July 9, 2015. The typhoon-triggered wave is reportedly able to reach as high as 20 meters.

China's National Meteorological Center has issued a red alert for typhoon Chan-Hom, whose center was spotted 550 km southeast off the coast of Zhejiang Province at 5 a.m. on July 10, 2015.

More than 8,65,000 people in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang have been evacuated as super Typhoon Chan-Hom, the second typhoon to hit China in two days, approaches.

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