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Downgraded Matsa wreaks little havoc
By Liang Chao (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-10 05:34
Warned of severe thunderstorms and strong winds, Beijingers braced for the
worst yesterday but in the end, it was a pleasant anti-climax.
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worker restores a giant billboard which was disassembled to
avoid Matsa in Hangzhou, east Zhejiang Province, August 9,
2005. [newsphoto] | There were no
torrents of rain or gale-force winds. Instead, Tropical Storm Matsa lost its
venom as it embraced the city.
Rain began falling in most areas in the small hours of the morning and 12
hours earlier in the suburbs including Pinggu, Daxing and Tongzhou, with only
moderate showers, a local weatherman said.
"Matsa was downgraded to a tropical low pressure system and touched Beijing
gently 20 hours behind schedule," Guo Hu, an official from the Beijing
Meteorological Bureau, said.
Rainfall yesterday averaged 20-40 millimetres in various parts and was a
welcome relief for residents wilting under the heat of previous days.
The rain is expected to be gone by tomorrow and the mercury will start
climbing again soon.
By yesterday morning, Matsa had moved to Northeast China's Liaoning Province
and made landfall in Dalian, a port city.
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