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| HONG KONG — A typhoon swept along the coast of eastern China on Saturday, whipping up high waves, intense winds and rain that forced the crowded commercial region to suspend flights and evacuate hundreds of thousands of residents. | HONG KONG — A typhoon swept along the coast of eastern China on Saturday, whipping up high waves, intense winds and rain that forced the crowded commercial region to suspend flights and evacuate hundreds of thousands of residents. |
| Typhoon Chan-hom struck Zhejiang Province on Saturday afternoon after plowing past Japan’s Okinawa islands and Taiwan. The typhoon made landfall near Zhoushan, a city of 1.1 million in Zhejiang, with wind speeds of about 100 miles an hour. | Typhoon Chan-hom struck Zhejiang Province on Saturday afternoon after plowing past Japan’s Okinawa islands and Taiwan. The typhoon made landfall near Zhoushan, a city of 1.1 million in Zhejiang, with wind speeds of about 100 miles an hour. |
| “So far, no casualties have been reported,” Xinhua, the main state news agency, | |
| reported after the typhoon struck. “A number of villages were flooded, and power and road access has been cut off.” | |
| Photos on a Zhoushan city news website showed a large billboard buckled by the winds, as well as flooded roads, uprooted trees and residents protecting buildings with sandbags. According to an initial estimate from the Zhejiang government, the typhoon damaged or destroyed 94 homes, the China News Service reported. | Photos on a Zhoushan city news website showed a large billboard buckled by the winds, as well as flooded roads, uprooted trees and residents protecting buildings with sandbags. According to an initial estimate from the Zhejiang government, the typhoon damaged or destroyed 94 homes, the China News Service reported. |
| Officials had warned residents on Friday to prepare for a super typhoon. Almost 29,000 boats were ordered to return to port, and a million people in Zhejiang Province were evacuated from vulnerable towns and villages, Xinhua reported, although the reports gave few details of where or how far people were sent. | Officials had warned residents on Friday to prepare for a super typhoon. Almost 29,000 boats were ordered to return to port, and a million people in Zhejiang Province were evacuated from vulnerable towns and villages, Xinhua reported, although the reports gave few details of where or how far people were sent. |
| Airports in Hangzhou, and other cities canceled more than 600 flights. Hundreds of international flights from Shanghai were also delayed or canceled, the China News Service said. | Airports in Hangzhou, and other cities canceled more than 600 flights. Hundreds of international flights from Shanghai were also delayed or canceled, the China News Service said. |
| But by the time the typhoon landed, it appeared that China would be spared widespread devastation. | But by the time the typhoon landed, it appeared that China would be spared widespread devastation. |