Typhoon hits eastern China

(CBC) - A typhoon hit the city of Taizhou in eastern China on Sunday after nearly one million people had been evacuated from flimsy coastal and hillside huts to safety. Forecasters had predicted the storm, Typhoon Khanun would make a direct hit on the island of Taiwan on Saturday. Instead it made landfall in China's mountainous Zhejiang province where storms regularly trigger fatal floods and landslides. A city government spokesmansaid the army conducted the evacuations and took people to schools, railway stations, hotels and other solid buildings for protection. Details of damage and casualties were not expected until Monday.