Typhoon Gaemi lashes China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines
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00:00Typhoon Gemi has barrelled across the Taiwan Strait and arrived in eastern China, lashing
00:06the coastal Fujian province with torrential rains and winds.
00:10Streets have been turned into rivers, nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated and almost
00:16630,000 people have been affected.
00:20In some cities, schools, offices and public transport have been closed.
00:26Streets were flooded and 7,000 people were evacuated in the city of Wenzhou.
00:32The storm was expected to move north-westward into the centre of the country where it would
00:37gradually weaken, bringing a slow close to its trail of destruction.
00:44On Friday, Philippine coastguards were racing against the clock to contain an oil spill
00:49after a tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel capsized in the rough seas
00:54off Manila, killing one crew member.
00:58It was one of two ships that sank in the region on Thursday.
01:03Filipino locals were also reeling after the storm triggered flooding, landslides and killed
01:08more than 30 people.
01:10We are used to floods here, but not at these levels.
01:19This was different, it was very dangerous for everyone.
01:24We have lost a lot of things and there is nowhere safe to go.
01:33In Taiwan, clean-up efforts were underway after the storm made landfall on Wednesday
01:38night, causing flash flooding in several cities, injuring more than 500 people and killing
01:44at least five.
01:46It was the largest typhoon to have struck the island in eight years.