(0808 CR M01) TROPICAL STORM MUIFA LATEST

From Xinhua News Agency: (0808 CR M01) TROPICAL STORM MUIFA LATESTDATELINE: Aug 8, 2011LENGTH: 00:01:40PKGINTROThe powerful tropical storm Muifa has hit the land in northeast China again when it brushed Qingdao City on the Shandong Peninsula.It's now weakening as it moves toward other key northeastern ports.PKGForecaster says Muifa has weakened to a tropical storm as it continues its path upwards to hit the ports of Weihai and Dalian.More than 100,000 people were evacuated and 20,000 fishing boats were called back to harbor in Shandong by early Monday morning.Waves churned up by gales breach the dike around a coastal chemical plant in northeast China's Dalian, posing chemical spill fear. An annual beer festival was also forced to ended two days ahead of schedule. Workers of the off-shore platforms of Shengli Oilfield, a main producing base near Weihai, started to evacuate Sunday. Local flood control authorities are closely watching the reservoirs that may overflow.Disaster relief teams are also called to stand Powered by www.newslook.com

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