Eastern parts of Jiangsu Province are bracing themselves for the destructive power of Typhoon Meihua. With the next few days critical, every possible precaution is being taking to prevent loss of life, including the evacuation of thousands to safer places.
江苏省东部地区正在为台风“梅花”的破坏力做好准备。由于接下来的几天非常关键，我们正在采取一切可能的预防措施来防止人员伤亡，包括将数千人疏散到更安全的地方。
Typhoon Meihua has been bearing down on eastern China, causing the Central Meteorological Observatory to issue the first red typhoon warning of this year at 10:00 today, 14 September.
台风“梅花”登陆华东地区，中央气象台于9月14日上午10时发布今年首个台风红色预警。
The centre of the Typhoon was at that time approximately 185 kilometres out to sea, southeast of Xiangshan County in Zhejiang Province’s Ningbo City.
当时台风中心位于浙江省宁波市象山县东南部出海约185公里处。
According to Jiangsu Meteorology, Meihua will cross into our Province early tomorrow morning and progress from south to north.
据江苏气象台消息，梅花将于明日凌晨进入我省，并由南向北推进。
But our coastline is already feeling the effects and preparing for some very nasty conditions.
但我们的海岸线已经感受到了影响，并为一些非常恶劣的情况做好了准备。
Xinhua Daily has reported that some 28,684 people in Jiangsu alone had been evacuated by 16:00 yesterday, 13 September.
据《新华日报》报道，截至 9 月 13 日昨天 16:00，仅江苏省就有约 28,684 人被疏散。
Along the coastline, a total of 4,993 vessels have returned to their ports and have been instructed to frequently check their anchors. Boats on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal have also been stacked side by side to prevent them damaging each other.
沿海地区共有4993艘船舶已返港，并被要求经常检查锚点。京杭大运河上的船只也并排堆放，以防止相互损坏。
Still on the water, the massive Lake Tai in Suzhou has been closed to navigation, while in Nantong, ferry services across the Yangtze River have been suspended.
仍在水面上的苏州太湖已暂停航行，而在南通，跨长江的轮渡服务也已暂停。
Elsewhere, almost two and a half thousand municipal hazards, such as billboards, have been taken down or shored up. Many construction sites have been closed and over one thousand gantry cranes or tower cranes dismantled. Displaced construction workers in Zhoushan, on the archipelago of islands off Ningbo, have been given temporary accomodation in places such as Zhoushan Youth Sports School basketball hall, reports The Paper.
在其他地方，近二千个广告牌等市政危险物已被拆除或加固。许多建筑工地已关闭，千余台龙门起重机或塔式起重机被拆除。据澎湃新闻报道，位于宁波附近群岛的舟山市，流离失所的建筑工人已在舟山市青少年体校篮球馆等地方获得临时住宿。
Meihua is the strongest typhoon yet to hit Jiangsu this year. Accumulated rainfall of 70-150 mm is expected in most parts of the Province, with 200-250 mm in some eastern areas. Winds of Gale Force 12-15 are to be expected in areas close to the centre of Meihua, gusting to Gale Force 16-17.
梅花是今年以来袭击江苏的最强台风。预计全省大部分地区累计降雨量70～150毫米，部分东部地区累计降雨量200～250毫米。梅花中心附近地区预计阵风12～15级，阵风16～17级。
