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China prepares for typhoon Soudelor

Xinhua, August 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

The government has warned coastal China to prepare for the arrival of typhoon Soudelor.

The National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs demanded governments in east and south China activate contingency and early warning plans.

Governments of provinces including Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong as well as Shanghai Municipality should closely track the typhoon and make timely public announcements, the ministry said in statement on Thursday.

Relief supplies should be readied, it said.

Governments should also advise residents to prepare daily supplies for at least one to three days, evacuate those living in areas that might be severely affected, and warn ships to take shelter in harbors, according to the statement.

The center of Soudelor, this year's 13th typhoon, was located at 910 km southeast of Taiwan's Hualien County at noon.

The National Meteorological Center forecast that Soudelor will move northwestward at a speed of 20 to 25 km per hour with strengthening force and land on the eastern coast of Taiwan between Friday night and Saturday morning. Endi