Tag: Zhejiang Province

Beijing: China is set to build its first undersea tunnel for high speed trains in Zhejiang province, the media said on Friday. The project is set to cover 16.2 km undersea area while the line will cover nearly 70 km between Ningbo and Zhoushan, reports Efe news. Designed to run at 250 km per hour, […]

Beijing: At least one million people were evacuated to safer areas as typhoon Lekima, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall in China’s Zhejiang province on Saturday, authorities said. With a maximum wind force of 187 km/h, the super typhoon is expected to bring heavy rain to the provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu and […]

Beijing: At least 18 people were killed and one million others evacuated from their homes as typhoon Lekima, the ninth one to hit China this year, slammed into the east coast of the country on Saturday, causing extensive damage and disrupting transport. According to Xinhua news agency, the death toll rose to 18 as five […]

Beijing: The death toll due to typhoon Lekima in China has increased to 49, while 21 others were reported missing, authorities said on Tuesday. By Monday, the death toll in Zhejiang province rose to 39 while nine others remained missing, Xinhua news agency quoted the provincial flood control headquarters as saying. The ninth and strongest […]

Beijing: The death toll in the oil tanker explosion in east China’s Zhejiang Province has risen to 19, the local authorities said on Sunday. About 166 injured people are undergoing treatment in hospitals, the publicity department of the city of Wenling said. The explosion took place on Saturday near a village along the Shenyang-Haikou Expressway, […]