Vehicles wade in the floodwater in Ningde City, southeast China's Fujian Province, October 7, 2007. Powerful typhoon Krosa, the 16th this year, which landed at 3:30 pm on Sunday near the borders of Zhejiang's Cangnan County and Fujian's Fuding City and had weakened to a tropical storm at 5 pm. Fujian has allocated relief fund of 3.5 million yuan and it has also prepared 22,000 tents, 20,000 quilts, 150 tons of rice and 50,000 boxes of bottle water for people affected, according to the provincial civil affairs department. (Xinhua) |