Local authorities in eastern Chinese provinces have stepped up their disaster prevention efforts, carrying out inspections, monitoring of disaster-prone areas and evacuating residents from dangerous places as typhoon Co-May unleashed torrential rains across the region.
Co-May, the eighth typhoon of this year, made landfall for the second time in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon after it made landfall in the eastern province of Zhejiang early on Wednesday morning, according to the Shanghai central meteorological observatory.
The typhoon has brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to parts of eastern China.
Due to the impact of the typhoon, Taihu Lake, one of China's largest freshwater lake, braced for its "No.1 flood" this year, with the water level rising to the warning level of 3.8 meters at 04:25 on Saturday.
The country's Ministry of Water Resources has been closely monitoring the situation in the Taihu Lake basin and made arrangement and preparation in flood prevention in eastern provinces that the lake spans, including Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Widespread rainfall swept across east China's Anhui Province on Friday as the typhoon entered the province Thursday evening.
Local authorities in the cities of Hefei, Xuancheng and Tonglin have implemented emergency measures, including suspending outdoor operations, securing outdoor facilities and temporarily closing tourist destinations.
In some mountainous areas, local governments have prioritized inspections of flood-prone zones, and evacuations of residents in dangerous areas.
Eastern Chinese provinces step up disaster prevention efforts for typhoon Co-May
