Typhoon Saudel Forces 600,000 Evacuations in SE China — SkimNews
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- Typhoon Saudel dumped torrential rain on Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong, with Putian recording 416.5mm in 24 hours and surrounding villages exceeding 500mm in the same period.
- Fujian authorities evacuated nearly 600,000 people from high-risk, flood-prone areas as the typhoon struck.
- Jiangxi province reported 128,000 people affected across 53 counties, with emergency evacuations affecting 9,000 people.
- Wenzhou, Zhejiang saw more than 2,500 teachers and students trapped in a school compound on Wednesday after extreme rainfall caused flash floods in low-lying areas.
- Putian required at least 1,260 rescues after a river embankment collapsed on Thursday, flattening 100 homes.
- Suichuan county, Jiangxi suffered a Saturday landslip that killed three people, with nine others remaining missing.
- Saudel is the seventh typhoon to affect China this year, arriving shortly after Typhoon Narra hit Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi late last month.
Why it matters: With Typhoon Saudel marking China's seventh typhoon this year and arriving shortly after Typhoon Narra, south-east provinces face back-to-back disasters with no recovery window — one 24-hour period alone dropped 416.5mm on Putian and forced nearly 600,000 evacuations across Fujian.
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