China Meteorological Administration

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  China's South Battens Down Hatches as Typhoon Mujigae Nears

  Coastal provinces in southern China braced for a typhoon set to hit the country today, with authorities ordering fishing fleets to stay ashore and cancelling flights and rail services.

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  Faint Knocking Saves a Life on Sunken Chinese Cruise Ship

  Amid the frenetic noise of a rescue operation and driving rain, a faint knocking was heard from within an upturned cruise ship on China's murky Yangtze river.

• China Braces for Second Typhoon; Taiwan Drenched

  China was bracing Wednesday for the arrival of a second typhoon in as many weeks, as communities along the country's southern coast cleared away debris in the wake of the earlier storm that killed 46 people.

• China's hottest August for more than 50 years

  China has experienced its hottest August for more than half a century, weather authorities said, after a summer heatwave that saw meat cooked on pavements.

• Bacon fries on pavement as heat wave grips China

  It's been so hot in China that folks are grilling shrimp on manhole covers, eggs are hatching without incubators and a highway billboard has mysteriously caught fire by itself.

• Typhoon kills three, forces evacuation of 500,000 in China

  Eastern China was battered on Sunday by strong winds and torrential downpours from Typhoon Soulik which left three people dead and forced half a million people to evacuate their homes.

• Thousands evacuated in China as typhoon Soulik brings heavy rains

  Typhoon Soulik was set to dump up to 18 centimetres (seven inches) of rain on eastern parts of China in just 24 hours, forecasters said today, a day after the storm killed two when it battered Taiwan.

• Hailstorms kill 12 people in southern China

  Hailstorms that hit southern China this week have killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage.