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    The Effects of Typhoon Lekima: Octopus flying in the sky, major damages and 1 M people displaced

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    • pavelneuman
      pavelneuman last edited by pavelneuman

      photo: China Interntrip-Haley;desc:Lekima effect on Qingdao, China;

      What damage can be caused by typhoons and how dangerous a typhoon is? You can make a judgement yourself. Just watch some of the videos people shared from the affected area.

      Related: TS Krosa could strike Japan as Typhoon this week

      Typhoon Lekima made a landfall in Zheijang province, China as a high-end Category 2 storm last week (you can read our coverage here, accompanied by satellite imagery).

      IFRC Asia Pacific reported that Lekima has affected more than 4 million people & displaced 1 million in Zhejiang, Shanghai & Jiangsu provinces.

      Lekima brought all the three main fatal consequences of typhoons to China:

      1. High-speed winds
      2. Wind-blown debris
      3. Flooding and landslides

      The citizens experienced winds so strong, you could even be a witness of an octopus falling from the sky.

      Chinese TV network CGTN shared a video of Zhang Yijun, a deliveryman, cleaning clogged drains on several flooded streets — he was cleaning the drains barehanded. Zhang said he was doing what he could to help people to get over the disaster.

      Typhoon Lekima approach & landfall

      MIMIC storm-centered microwave imagery.

      Typhoon twins

      Lekima and Krosa hovering over Western Pacific.

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