Weather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east China

Rescue workers evacuate residents amid flooding in Minhou county, Fuzhou, Fujian province. Photograph: cnsphoto/ReutersView image in fullscreenRescue workers evacuate residents amid flooding in Minhou county, Fuzhou, Fujian province.

Photograph: cnsphoto/ReutersWeather trackerChinaAnalysisWeather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east ChinaAlice Nightingale-Smith for MetDeskTorrential rain causes widespread damage; while north-west South Africa hit by thunderstorms and central-southern US faces oppressive heat.

Typhoon Saudel brought days of torrential rain to Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong provinces in south-east China last week. The city of Putian, in Fujian province, recorded 416.

5 mm de chuva em um período de 24 horas entre quinta e sexta-feira, com vilarejos vizinhos registrando mais de 500 mm no mesmo período. Em Fujian, as autoridades estimam que quase 600 000 pessoas foram evacuadas de áreas de alto risco e propensas a inundações.

A further 128,000 people in 53 counties were also affected across Jiangxi, with emergency evacuations affecting 9,000 people.

Inundação, deslizamentos e danos à infraestrutura foram amplamente relatados na região. Mais de 2,500 professores e estudantes ficaram presos em um complexo escolar na cidade de Wenzhou, em Zhejiang, na quarta-feira, após chuvas extremas causarem inundações repentinas em áreas baixas.

At least 1,260 people reportedly had to be rescued in Putian after a river embankment collapsed on Thursday, flattening 100 homes. On Saturday, a landslip in a village of Suichuan county, in Jiangxi province, killed three people and nine others remaining missing.

This is the seventh typhoon to affect China this year, and Saudel arrived shortly after Typhoon Narra dumped heavy rain on Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi late last month.

O Serviço Meteorológico da África do Sul implementou vários alertas de tempestade com raios no final da semana passada, cobrindo uma grande faixa das províncias norte e oeste.

Chuvas disruptivas, ventos danosos, raios excessivos e granizo foram todos relatados, com totais de chuva esperados de pelo menos 75‑100 mm em partes das províncias Northern Cape e North West durante o fim de semana.

In Johannesburg, eight families were evacuated from an apartment building after strong winds tore off a significant part of its roof.

Oppressive heat in the US affected states across the central-southern plains and the Mississippi valley this weekend, with maximum temperatures easily reaching the high 30s celsius (high 90s fahrenheit).

However, with high humidities, the heat indices in this region have been closer to 40-43C (105–110F). The unrelenting temperatures will continue across the midwest and southern US this week, with maximum temperatures continuing to reach the high 30s.

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• Em Fujian, as autoridades estimam que quase 600 000 pessoas foram evacuadas de áreas de alto risco e propensa