TYPHOON DOKSURI (Syllabus: GS Paper 1 - Geography)

Context: More than 31,000 people from Beijing have been evacuated since July 30, 2023, as Typhoon Doksuri brought record rain to the Chinese capital over the weekend.

Key Pointsa

• Doksuri, China’s sixth typhoon of 2023, entered the eastern seaboard of China with a storm through coastal Fujian province on July 28, where it caused heavy flooding.
• Typhoon Doksuri, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Egay, was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in the Philippines, Taiwan, and China, in late-July 2023.