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Typhoon Bavi Batters Eastern China, Millions Evacuated as Days of Heavy Rain Loom · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: Typhoon Baby has slammed into eastern China's Jujong Province, unleashing
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  Speaker 1: destructive winds, torrential rain, and widespread flooding that forced nearly
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  Speaker 1: two million people to evacuate. The storm, roughly the size
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  Speaker 1: of France, made landfall late Saturday night in Yuhuan City
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  Speaker 1: before striking Yueching minutes later, toppling trees, damaging infrastructure, and
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  Speaker 1: triggering landslides across mountainous areas. Authorities reported maximum sustained winds
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  Speaker 1: of one hundred forty four kilometers per hour ninety miles
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  Speaker 1: per hour, equivalent to a Category one hurricane, with gusts
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  Speaker 1: strong enough to rip apart rooftops and knock out power lines.
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  Speaker 1: More than one thousand, three hundred trees were uprooted in
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  Speaker 1: Yuching alone, while floodwaters submerged roads and stranded vehicles. Emergency
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  Speaker 1: shelters were opened in schools and government buildings, housing thousands
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  Speaker 1: of evacuees. The impact extend far beyond Jujong. Fujen evacuated
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  Speaker 1: one hundred thousand residents, Shanghai relocated thirty four thousand, and
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  Speaker 1: Beijing moved tens of thousands as the storm's massive rainbands
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  Speaker 1: spread northward. Flights and train services were canceled, with over
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  Speaker 1: four hundred flights grounded in Jiujong. Relief funds totaling forty
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  Speaker 1: million yuan five point nine million dollars were released by
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  Speaker 1: Beijing to support recovery efforts. Typhoon Babi had already battered
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  Speaker 1: Japan's southern Saki Shima Islands, leaving tens of thousands without
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  Speaker 1: power and injured more than one hundred thirty people in Taiwan,
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  Speaker 1: where fourteen thousand residents were evacuated from mountainous regions. In
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  Speaker 1: the Philippines, monsoon rains intensified by the storm caused at
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  Speaker 1: least seventeen deaths. Meteorologists warned that although Bobby weakened to
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  Speaker 1: a tropical storm by Sunday morning, its enormous size means
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  Speaker 1: heavy rainfall will continue for several days across eastern and
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  Speaker 1: northern China. Flash floods, overflowing rivers, and landslides remain a
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  Speaker 1: serious threat, particularly in provinces already strained by earlier storms
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  Speaker 1: that killed dozens this season. Climate experts say the storm
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  Speaker 1: underscores the growing intensity of typhoons in the Asia Pacific,
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  Speaker 1: fueled by climate change and el Nino conditions. With China
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  Speaker 1: already facing deadly floods this year, Bob's arrival highlights the
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  Speaker 1: vulnerability of densely populated coastal regions to extreme weather events.
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  Speaker 1: For millions of residents, the storm has disrupted daily life,
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  Speaker 1: destroyed property, and raised fears of prolonged hardship. As emergency
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  Speaker 1: crews race to clear debris and restore power, the nation
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  Speaker 1: braces for days of relentless rain that could test flood
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  Speaker 1: control systems and emergency response capacity.