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CBC News reports that hundreds of thousands of people in southeast China were evacuated and fishing vessels called back to shore on Sunday because of an approaching typhoon.
By Sunday afternoon more than 65,000 boats had returned to port or moved to safer areas. Zhejiang's provincial government said 289,000 people had been evacuated from fishing boats and coastal areas. Fujian's government said 128,000 boat workers and dwellers had been evacuated, including 7,000 elderly people and children who were on fishing rafts.
Typhoon Fitow is expected to make landfall early Monday between Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, according to the National Meteorological Center.
The typhoon will bring heavy or torrential rain to five provinces, Shanghai and Taiwan over the next three days, said the meteorological center. Some coastal areas may see rainfall of 250 millimetres (9.84 inches), it added.