Location:
QINGDAO, , CHINA
Post Date:
Aug 7, 2011 6:28 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotos120274
(RM)
Credit:
Huang Jiexian / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
2019 x 2802 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Huang Jiexian
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(110807) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 7, 2011 (Xinhua) -- High billows are seen in Zhanqiao sea area in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 7, 2011. Typhoon Muifa, the ninth typhoon to hit China this year, is weakening as it moves further north along the country's affluent and densely-populated eastern coast, forcing the evacuation of 610,000 residents on its course, authorities said Sunday. The typhoon, bringing gusts up to 178 km per hour, is moving at 25 km per hour towards the coast of Shandong Province where it is expected to make landfall Monday morning, the National Meteorological Center said in a bulletin. (Xinhua/Huang Jiexian)(mcg)