China worries about chemical disasters because of super typhoons

Muifa super typhoon is expected to land in northeastern Liaoning province, while Chinese people are worried about the risk of a possible chemical disaster.

Residents in Dalian port city of Liaoning province were evacuated, while workers and soldiers tried to cover a dyke protecting the coastal Fujiahua chemical plant , AFP reported. This dyke is broken because of the large waves caused by Muifa, super typhoon has winds of up to 180 km / h. If this incident is not corrected before the storm landed tonight, disaster will be incalculable.

Big waves hit the coast of Shandong province today, due to the impact of super typhoon Muifa. (Photo: Xinhua)

Over the weekend, about 500,000 people living in northeastern China had to flee because of the typhoon Muifa. Heavy rains and high winds caused hundreds of flights to be delayed, while thousands of fishing boats were forced to turn ashore.

Although it has not really landed in any land area, the super typhoon Muifa caused the first human damage in some areas of South Korea, close to China's Liaoning province. At least three South Koreans were killed by a super typhoon, including a 76-year-old fisherman in the southern Wando island, a man in his 40s who drowned because of the wave swept south of Busan port and A 50-year-old woman was found dead after falling into the flood waters in southwestern Hwasun. Another 65-year-old Korean man was recorded as missing.

Muifa Super Typhoon is considered to be weakening and can turn into a tropical storm when it reaches the mainland. However, Chinese people are not so distracted. Authorities in Dandong, a border city of Liaoning province bordering Korea, have prepared more than 750 temporary shelters capable of accommodating more than one million people, Xinhua said. Thousands of soldiers are in the state ready to join the quest to find and rescue as soon as the storm passes.

Until now, the most obvious consequences of Muifa super typhoon against China were mostly recorded in Zhejiang Province, where 170 houses were destroyed and economic losses were estimated at 1.9 billion. bad (about 290 million USD). A resident in this province is missing after being sank.

The record of the damage mentioned above is not as big as the initial concerns. Earlier, Chinese authorities feared that the Muifa super typhoon could bring about the same damage as the aftermath of Saomai super typhoon in 2006. This is the worst storm to hit China in half a century. causing at least 450 people to die.