China: Typhoon Kills 16
September 12 2017 By Abiodun Giwa
Typhoon Talim on its way
The death of 16 people from Typhoon Hato in China on Thursday has left the country in mourning, at the mercy of mother nature, to whom no one has answer to its reckless wind and flooding from excessive rainfall.
The China Post reports that the death toll rose to 16 after the storm slammed southern China, flooding streets, battering buildings and forcing people into shelters, based on information from government and local media.
About eight people died and 150 injured in the Macau area, where cars were submerged and people waded in water rising to the kneels.
One man was reportedly killed by a wall fallen by fierce wind. Another man died after falling off a building. While another victim was hit by a truck. While two bodies were discovered in flooded underground car park, according to the Post.
Just like millions of people lost electricity due to Hurricanes Harvey and irma in the United States, about two million households reportedly lost electricity in China from Typhoon Hato's onslaught.
Hato did not spare Hong Kong, where 84 people were injured, streets flooded, trees uprooted and scaffolding displaced. As Hato had passed and behind behind lots of damages, another Typhoon named Talim was said to be on its way and evacuation under way, according to South China Morning Post.
Just as the hurricanes batter the Caribbeans and the U.S., the Typhoons too make life difficult for the Chinese people. Everyone is in the eyes of the storm. And the eyes of the storms, the hurricanes and the typhoons don't seem to be different from each other. It is like saying, "A storm is a storm, and it cannot be called another name."
The China Post reports that the death toll rose to 16 after the storm slammed southern China, flooding streets, battering buildings and forcing people into shelters, based on information from government and local media.
About eight people died and 150 injured in the Macau area, where cars were submerged and people waded in water rising to the kneels.
One man was reportedly killed by a wall fallen by fierce wind. Another man died after falling off a building. While another victim was hit by a truck. While two bodies were discovered in flooded underground car park, according to the Post.
Just like millions of people lost electricity due to Hurricanes Harvey and irma in the United States, about two million households reportedly lost electricity in China from Typhoon Hato's onslaught.
Hato did not spare Hong Kong, where 84 people were injured, streets flooded, trees uprooted and scaffolding displaced. As Hato had passed and behind behind lots of damages, another Typhoon named Talim was said to be on its way and evacuation under way, according to South China Morning Post.
Just as the hurricanes batter the Caribbeans and the U.S., the Typhoons too make life difficult for the Chinese people. Everyone is in the eyes of the storm. And the eyes of the storms, the hurricanes and the typhoons don't seem to be different from each other. It is like saying, "A storm is a storm, and it cannot be called another name."
