Over 880,000 residents of Fujian affected by Typhoon Doksuri

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More than 880,000 residents of east China's Fujian Province have been affected by Typhoon Doksuri, which made landfall in the province on Friday (July 28) morning.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 More than 880,000 residents of East China's Fujian province have been affected by Typhoon

00:07 Duxiri, which made landfall in the province on Friday morning.

00:12 Typhoon Duxiri landed on the coast of Jinjiang City, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain.

00:18 It moved to Jiangxi province on Friday night, where it gradually weakened into a tropical

00:23 storm.

00:24 The Fujian Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Saturday said that,

00:29 as of 8 a.m. Saturday, 354,400 people had been evacuated.

00:37 More than 6,333 hectares of farmland in Fujian have been affected, with over 151 hectares

00:45 suffering complete crop failure.

00:48 Official meteorological forecasts show that heavy rainfall will continue in many parts

00:53 of Fujian.

00:54 Six local observation stations have recorded their highest daily precipitation figures

00:59 since 1961.

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