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Fujian starts reconstruction after typhoon
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-07 09:58 People in southeast China's Fujian Province have
started their reconstruction work orderly after the conclusion of awesome
Typhoon Longwang, which has claimed 15 lives and left 11 missing.
Longwang, which landed in Fujian Sunday night and swept over the province for
ten hours, destroyed 5,500 houses, affected the normal life of 3.71 million
people, forced 186 highways in the province to close and 2,125 enterprises to
stop production.
In an effort to speed up the reconstruction work, the local government held
emergent meetings and sent special working teams to different places to provide
disaster relief.
So far almost all the telecommunication cables and stations damaged by
Typhoon Longwang have been restored thanks to timely repair work by local
departments. Most of the scenic spots, roads and railways in the province have
reopened.
By Thursday over 200,000 people had been evacuated to safe places and the
public traffic in Fuzhou, capital of the province, has become normal.
Walls of almost 50 schools in Fuzhou collapsed during the disaster, and local
educational department organized rescue work timely to ensure the safety of
faculty and students.
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