“A powerful Typhoon Chan-hom slammed into the Chinese island city of Zhoushan on Saturday afternoon, bringing heavy rain and strong winds in an event that has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
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Chan-hom hit Zhoushan — part of eastern China’s densley populated coastal Zhejiang province — with winds of around 100 mph, the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, state-run media outlet Xinhua reported.”
Source: Typhoon Chan-hom slams eastern China’s Zhoushan city – CNN.com