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| Pedestrians walk against heavy wind and rain on a street in Hong Kong, south China, September 23, 2008. Hagupit, the 14th typhoon to affect China this year, is poised for landfall in the southern Guangdong Province on Wednesday, meteorological stations in Fujian and Guangdong provinces warned on Monday. |
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| Frontier guards help fishermen shift their fishing gears to the coast in Pingtan County, southeast China's Fujian Province, September 23, 2008. Fujian meteorological station issued a yellow alarm against typhoon Hagupit on early Tuesday, warning the central and southern coastal areas of Fujian against the outer rim of Hagupit. |
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| Policemen remind local fishermen to keep a lookout for the typhoon Hagupit in Pingtan County, southeast China's Fujian Province, September 23, 2008. Fujian meteorological station issued a yellow alarm for typhoon Hagupit on early Tuesday, warning the central and southern coastal areas of Fujian against the outer rim of Hagupit. |
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| Vehicles are seen running slowly in rain in east China's Shanghai Municipality on August 25, 2008. Torrential rain swept through Shanghai on Monday, causing flight delays and flooding more than 60 downtown roads. |
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| Local people walk with their bicycles in rain in east China's Shanghai Municipality on August 25, 2008. Torrential rain swept through Shanghai on Monday, causing flight delays and flooding more than 60 downtown roads. |
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| Police officers in Shantou coastal areas in Guangdong aid local fishermen fix their hawser on Thursday, August 21, 2008. Typhoon Nuri, the 12th tropical storm this year, was forecast to land on South China's Guangdong Province on Friday. |
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| Water gushes from the giant sluice gates of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. This is the largest volume of water released through Three Gorges Dam to lower water levels since the start of the flood season. |
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| People brave the wind and rain brought by tropical storm Kammuri August 6, as they walk along the waterfront in Hong Kong. |
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| Photo taken on July 28 shows the waves at Xiasha coast, Changle, Fuzhou of Fujian Province. |
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| Photo taken on July 28 shows the waves and dark clouds at Xiapu coast, Fujian Province. Typhoon Fung Wong, which was lashing Taiwan on Monday morning, continued to strengthen as it headed toward the China coast. |
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| Frontier guards fasten a vessel at a harbor in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 27, 2008. The intensifying Typhoon Fung Wong was forecasted to land in Fujian on Monday evening or Tuesday morning. The Fujian provincial flood control headquarters has demanded all vessels to return to harbor on Sunday. Disaster relief personnel have been sent to help women and children on fishing vessels get onshore. |
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| Vessels are seen anchored at a harbor in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 27, 2008. The intensifying Typhoon Fung Wong was forecasted to land in Fujian on Monday evening or Tuesday morning. The Fujian provincial flood control headquarters has demanded all vessels to return to harbor on Sunday. Disaster relief personnel have been sent to help women and children on fishing vessels get onshore. |
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