China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall

What we know about china

Schools, work and outdoor activities have been suspended in Zhejiang province and many transport services cancelled

What shifts

For those following china, evacuates, two, million, people, this report from BBC introduces a variable that could shift existing calculations.

The wider picture

Earlier reporting from BBC and comparable outlets sketched the conditions that would eventually produce an event like this.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial line

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of china, evacuates, two, million, people: Schools, work and outdoor activities have been suspended in Zhejiang province and many transport services cancelled.