Typhoon Wipha approached East China

Chinese soldiers help local residents relocate to safer places in Dongling, East China's Zhejiang Province Tuesday, September 18, 2007, as Typhoon Wipha approached. More than 2 million people in east China have been relocated before the landfall of Wipha, which might be the most destructive typhoon in a decade.

Chinese soliders help an elderly woman repair the roof of her house ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Wipha in Taizhou, East China's Zhejiang Province Tuesday, September 18, 2007.

Chinese soldiers help migrant workers relocate to safe places in Taizhou, East China's Zhejiang Province Tuesday, September 18, 2007, as Typhoon Wipha approached.

My friend is living in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province and she told me that they were well preprared for the typhoon.