Wrath of typhoon Lekima met by dedicated efforts of professionals

LEKIMA, the fiercest typhoon that China has seen this year, has been battering the eastern coastal provinces Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as Shanghai. Thepaper.cn comments:

In Yongjia city, Zhejiang province alone, the number of victims had risen to 22 by Sunday morning. Across the province, the death toll was 28, while 4 million people were affected and 867,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.

A video clip widely shared on social media showed a reporter in Shanghai standing alone on the Bund, which is normally thronged with people.