Social media video showed eletrical power lines sparking and bursting into flames as winds thrashed Jinjiang, a city of 2 million, while in Quanzhou massive trees were uprooted and left in the middle of roads.
A woman’s voice in the background of one video shouted, “so many fallen trees. Some are broken down. It is a mess. This is too much. It is horrible”.
Social media videos showed strong winds blowing a large incense burner across the ground at a temple in Jianjiang and residents made makeshift barriers at doors to stop rain from flooding into apartments.
Power and water cuts were experienced in some areas of Jinjiang and Quanzhou, residents told Reuters.
Doksuri, the second typhoon to make landfall in China in less than two weeks, will move north where 10 provinces will experience heavy rain, weather forecasters predict.
It is expected to continue to move in a north-westerly direction with gradually weakening intensity, China’s CMA said.
As it moves north, it will reach agricultural province Anhui, dumping rain on its developing corn, rice, soybean and cotton crops. Analysts say it should weaken by then but are watching closely for potential crop damage.
Source: CNA
