強颱韋帕襲中國，百萬人疏散 - 颱風討論

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2171927,00.html

Shanghai evacuates 200,000 ahead of 'super typhoon'
強颱侵襲上海，20萬居民疏散

Jonathan Watts in Beijing
Tuesday September 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
英國衛報2007/9/18 北京報導 （摘譯）

Shanghai and neighbouring regions are evacuating 200,000
people ahead of the landfall of "super typhoon" Wipha,
which is forecast to lash the city tomorrow with the most
powerful winds and rains seen in a decade.

在強颱韋帕登陸前夕，上海與鄰近區域有20萬居民緊急疏散，
颱風夾帶十年來僅見的強風豪雨，預計明天橫掃上海。

Since it was upgraded yesterday from a tropical storm, Wipha
has gathered force. With gusts now estimated at 125mph, it
has been classified by the Chinese metereological agency as
a "super typhoon".

韋帕昨日（週一）由熱帶風暴升級，之後強度持續攀升。估計最大
陣風達每小時120英里（56m/s），中國氣象單位已將其定為「超級
颱風」。

The fringe of the storm battered Taiwan today. Flights were
cancelled, offices shut and the stock market - one of the
biggest in Asia - was closed. According to the island's
disaster relief centre, one construction worker was killed
and another injured when gusts blew down scaffolding in Taipei.

颱風外圍今天（週二）掃過台灣，飛機航班取消，公司行號關閉，
在亞洲交易量名列前茅的證券市場也停止交易。根據當地救災中心
表示，台北市有鷹架遭強風吹倒，造成建築工人一死一傷。

With the eye of the storm set to make landfall near Shanghai
early tomorrow morning, the authorities have begun taking
"level one" emergency measures - the highest state of alert.

由於颱風眼預計週三清晨在上海附近登陸，當地政府採用最高等級的
一級緊急應變措施。

Oil rig workers have been evacuated and ships and fishing
boats ordered back to port. State media said a million people
had already been relocated in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu
and the evacuation was still underway. In some areas,
shopkeepers have piled sand bags next to windows and doors
to prevent flooding.

鑽油平台工人已經疏散，所有船隻漁船也強制回港。當地媒體報導，
上海、浙江與江蘇已有一百萬人被重新安置，疏散行動仍在持續。
部份地區有店家在門窗前堆放沙包以防止水淹。

Heavy rains have already deluged many streets in Zhejiang and
pushed the water levels of some rivers and reservoirs up to
their warning marks, local media said.

當地媒體也表示，豪雨已使浙江許多街道被淹沒，並造成數條河流與
水庫達到警戒水位。


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China Evacuates 1.8 Million for Typhoon
颱風使中國180萬人疏散

Tuesday September 18, 2007
By ELAINE KURTENBACH
SHANGHAI, China (AP)
美聯社2007/9/18 上海報導（摘譯，略去與前篇重複部份）

The typhoon, whipping up waves up to 36 feet high, was moving
northwest toward the Chinese mainland.

（韋帕）颱風掀起36英呎（11公尺）高的浪，正往西北移動接近
中國本土。

By midnight local time, the typhoon appeared to be weakening
and looked likely to hit land early Wednesday further south of
Shanghai than originally forecast, the official Xinhua News
Agency reported, citing local meteorologists.

新華社報導引述當地天氣預報員的說法，指出颱風於當地深夜時分
開始轉弱，並且可能會在週三清晨登陸，登陸地點會比稍早預報更
往南偏。

"The typhoon is very likely to develop into the worst one in
recent years," said a man who answered the phone at the city's
meteorological bureau. As is common with Chinese officials, the
man identified himself only by his surname, Fu.

上海氣象局一位不願具名的傅先生在電話中回應：「此颱風很有
可能發展成近幾年最嚴重一個。」中國公務員受訪時往往只願
透露姓氏。

The deadliest storm to hit the China coast in recent years was
Typhoon Winnie in 1997, which killed 236 people. Typhoon
Rananim, with winds of more than 100 mph, was the strongest
typhoon to hit the Chinese mainland since 1956, killing nearly
200 people.

近幾年侵襲中國沿海最嚴重的颱風是1997年的溫妮，造成236人死亡。
蘭寧颱風（2004年）則是自1956年來侵襲中國本土最強的颱風，風速
超過每小時100英里（45m/s），有近200人遇難。

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