Take cover: Numerous fishing boats docking at port as they prepare for Typhoon Doksuri in Xiamen, Fujian province. — Xinhua
BEIJING: Typhoon Doksuri swept into China’s southeastern Fujian province, unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of wind that whipped power lines sparking fires, uprooted trees and forced factories and shopping malls to shut.
The second strongest typhoon to land in Fujian, after deadly Typhoon Meranti in 2016, forced the closure of schools, businesses and the evacuation of workers from offshore oil and gas fields, said state media yesterday.
