200,000 relocated in Shanghai as typhoon Haikui nears

 SHANGHAI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's commercial hub of Shanghai is rushing to relocate people in order to avoid risks presented by the approaching severe typhoon Haikui, authorities with the municipal flood control headquarters said Tuesday.

It is estimated that over 200,000 people threatened by typhoon Haikui will be relocated before 9 p.m. Tuesday night, said Zhang Zhenyu, deputy director of the headquarters.

Those living in temporary housing at construction sites, makeshift housing and seawall regions will be moved to school buildings, stadiums and other shelters, he said.

Due to the uncertainty¹ of the typhoon, we will relocate all people facing possible risks, said Zhang. "It is with respect to each life."

Haikui will be the third typhoon to wallop China's eastern coast in a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region over the weekend.

According to the latest forecast, Haikui is expected to make landfall late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning near the Sanmenwan Gulf² of Zhejiang Province.

The Shanghai municipal government issued an emergency notice at 3 p.m. Tuesday to stop all group outdoor activities starting from 9 p.m. Tuesday night to ensure people's safety and reduce possible losses.

All companies and institutions that are unrelated to people's livelihoods³ and city operations should arrange holiday or days off, said the notice.

From 9 p.m. Tuesday until the orange alert against the typhoon is cleared, all classes and outdoor construction work must be stopped and all parks and tourism attractions should be closed, the notice added.

The city's observatory⁴ also strengthened its alert against the typhoon to orange, the second-most severe alert in the country's four-tier color-coded weather warning system, followed by yellow and blue.

The storm's center was located 270 km southeast of Xiangshan County as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, and it was moving northwest at a speed of 10 km per hour, said the provincial⁵ observatory of east China's Zhejiang Province.

Haikui is expected to remain in Zhejiang's coastal⁶ areas and the nearby city of Shanghai after making landfall, the observatory said.

The state flood control and drought relief headquarters lifted the emergency response to the typhoon and flooding to Level II, the second-highest level in the country's four-tier emergency response system.

1 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 livelihoods   

生计，谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。

4 observatory   

n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台

参考例句：

• Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
• Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。

5 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

6 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。