Residents relocated as Typhoon Lekima hits Shandong

Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-13 10:43:24|Editor: huaxia
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People get meals at a middle school, which now serves as a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

Thousands of residents in Shandong have been relocated due to the landing of Typhoon Lekima.


SHOUGUANG, Aug. 13, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The super Typhoon Lekima landed in the city of Wenling in Zhejiang Province at around 1:45 a.m. Saturday. It made a second landing at 8:50 p.m. Sunday on the coast of Qingdao in Shandong Province.

In Shandong, it has left five people dead and seven missing, affecting 1.66 million people and forcing the relocation of 183,800 as of Monday morning.

Among them are about 93,000 local residents of the city of Shouguang. As Typhoon Lekima wreaked havoc in parts of the city, the affected residents have been properly relocated.

People get meals at a middle school, which now serves as a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

People wait to get meals at a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

A resident receives medical treatment at a middle school, which now serves as a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

People have meals at a middle school, which now serves as a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Volunteers arrange accommodation for residents at a middle school, which now serves as a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

People have meals at a middle school, which now serves as a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

People line up to get meals at a middle school, which now serves as a relocation site, in Shouguang, E China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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