Typhoon Haikui forces 1.5m to evacuate in Zhejiang

Evacuated people watch TV in a shelter before the landing of Typhoon Haikui in Jintang town, Zhoushan city, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 7, 2012.The typhoon landed in Hepu township, Xiangshan county near the Sanmenwan Gulf in central Zhejiang at 3:20 on Wednesday, bringing downpours and flooding that stranded dozens of people in East China. As of Wednesday morning, more than 1.5 million people were evacuated in Zhejiang province. It is the third typhoon to wallop China's east coast in a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region over the weekend. [Photo/Xinhua]

Evacuated people are relocated to an indoor stadium of a primary school before the landing of Typhoon Haikui in Jinqing town of Taizhou, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 7, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

People are escorted out of their homes during an organized evacuation before the landing of Typhoon Haikui in Jinqing town, Taizhou, in East China's Zhejiang province, Aug 7, 2012. The typhoon landed in Hepu township, Xiangshan county near the Sanmenwan Gulf in central Zhejiang at 3:20 on Wednesday, bringing downpours and flooding that stranded dozens of people in East China. As of Wednesday morning, more than 1.5 million people were evacuated in Zhejiang province. It is the third typhoon to wallop China's east coast in a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region over the weekend.[Photo/Xinhua]