Tropical storm bulks up for touchdown
By Wang Qian in Beijing and Liu Xiaoli in Haikou | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-03 07:32
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A fisherman leaves his boat after it was called back from a trip due to a typhoon alert issued by meteorological authorities on Friday. More than 20,000 fishing boats in Hainan province were instructed to return to harbor. Huang Yiming / China Daily |
Tens of thousands of ships were called back to port in coastal cities of southern China on Friday as Tropical Storm Chebi approaches Hainan and Guangdong provinces, bringing severe winds and torrential rains.
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