Typhoon Haikui forces 1.5m to evacuate in Zhejiang

Villagers rest in the dormitory of a primary school in Jinqing township of Taizhou, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 7, 2012. The typhoon landed in Hepu township, Xiangshan county near the Sanmenwan Gulf in central Zhejiang at 3:20 on Wednesday, bringing downpours and flooding that stranded dozens of people in East China. As of Wednesday morning, more than 1.5 million people were evacuated in Zhejiang province. It is the third typhoon to wallop China's east coast in a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region over the weekend.[Photo/Xinhua]

Evacuated construction workers rest in a primary school in Hangzhou city before the landing of Typhoon Haikui in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 7, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]