More than 36,000 evacuated in China's Fuzhou due to Typhoon Haikui

FUZHOU -- More than 36,000 people in Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian province, have been temporarily evacuated as Typhoon Haikui brought heavy rainstorms, authorities said Wednesday.

As of 7 am Wednesday, torrential rains had inflicted damage to 147 townships of the city, leading to a direct economic loss of over 552 million yuan (about $76.7 million), according to the city's flood control and drought relief headquarters.

Multiple areas of the city experienced heavy rainstorms starting from 9 pm Tuesday, with cumulative precipitation from 9 pm Tuesday to 5 am Wednesday breaking three-hour and six-hour maximum rainfall records of the Wushan national weather station.