TYPHOON DOKSURI (Syllabus: GS Paper 1 - Geography)

News-CRUX-10     1st August 2023        
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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.
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