Typhoon Saudel forces school closures and ferry cancellations in Fujian
Typhoon Saudel hit Fujian province, prompting authorities to shut schools and suspend 24 passenger ferry routes.
Typhoon Saudel struck Fujian province on Thursday morning, following two earlier impacts on neighboring Zhejiang. In response, local officials halted in-person classes in Fuzhou and Quanzhou and suspended 24 passenger ferry routes along the coast. Several attractions, including theme parks in Fuzhou, were temporarily closed to the public.
The province’s emergency management authority issued alerts for persistent heavy rain, flash floods and landslides. About 247,700 people in vulnerable areas of Fujian had been evacuated the week before due to forecasted rains. The event adds to a recent string of severe weather across China, underscoring growing climate-change concerns.
Why it matters
The typhoon disrupts daily life and highlights rising climate-related hazards in densely populated coastal regions.
How this story developed
- Aug 28 Nepalese army pulls survivors from flooded hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa
- Aug 31 International rescue teams joined Nepalese forces and fresh flood warnings were issued as river levels rose.
- Aug 31 Stage‑four water restrictions were enacted after the Transcanyon waterline was destroyed.
- Aug 31 Drilling and air‑pumping operations at the Trishuli‑3A tunnel have begun to free trapped workers.
- Sep 1 Death toll rose to at least 950 and missing counts climbed to over 4,400, including about 80 Americans and up to 43 Australians.
- Sep 1 A second fatality was confirmed, bringing the death toll to two.
- Sep 1 A rapid hazard assessment found satellite images showed glacier changes days before the deadly avalanche and flash flood that trapped hundreds of construction workers in Nepal.
- Sep 1 An Australian survivor was located, reducing the number of missing Australians to 42.
- Sep 1 John Giusti identified as the deceased victim and a third companion, Timothy Smith, remains missing.
- Sep 1 Two victims identified and rescue operations reported to have saved about 80 people.
- Sep 2 South Rim hotels and lodges were ordered to close indefinitely because of the water outage.
- Sep 2 A scientific review released new findings on pre‑event signals in the glacier collapse.
- Sep 3 Families held symbolic funerals for missing victims.
- Sep 3 Death toll rose above 1,270 and bodies recovered reached 1,252.
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