1st LD-Writethru: Residents evacuated, emergency responses activated in China to combat Typhoon Gaemi

FUZHOU, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese provinces have activated emergency responses and taken measures including evacuating residents to battle Typhoon Gaemi, the third typhoon of this year.

With a maximum wind speed of 118.8 km per hour at its center, the typhoon made its second landfall in the country on Thursday evening, at Xiuyu District in the city of Putian, east China's Fujian Province. At 6 a.m. Friday, its