Typhoon forces evacuation in China
More than 200,000 coastal residents in eastern China have been evacuated and thousands of ships called back to shore today as Typhoon Muifa bears down on the country after battering the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.
Zhejiang province moved 206,664 people from its coastal areas while another 80,400 were evacuated in Fujian province, according to local government websites. Thousands of ships along the eastern coast were also called back to shore.
