As of 16:00 on Monday, Typhoon Bilis which caused heavy floods
and rainstorms has left 612 people dead, 208 missing, and 3.068
million relocated to safer places, according to the office of the
National Natural Disaster Reduction Committee.
In the meantime, the country is getting prepared to fight the
year's No.5 tropical storm Kaemi, according to sources with the
disaster relief department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Typhoon Kaemi is expected to arrive in Fujian Province, east China, in the coming
days. Fujian's provincial department of civil affairs has worked
out an emergency plan to combat the super-large-scaled natural
calamities.
So far, the province has allocated 12,000 tents, 50,000 quilts,
80,000 wears, and a five-day food supply for 300,000 people.
Also on Monday, the ministry sent 3,500 tents and 1,000 tents to
Yunnan Province, in southwest China, and Qinghai Province, in the northwest, which were
recently struck by earthquakes.
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(Xinhua News Agency July 25, 2006)