Kazakh family rescued from disaster zone in China

Four members of the family, at a time when a typhoon struck the island of Hainan, were near the provincial capital, Haikou. As Nazim Iskakova told to the correspondent of "Kazinform", the hotel where they were staying, was completely flooded and destroyed. "Thanks to the timely help of Kazakh diplomats, our family was evacuated to a safe place. We were given a room in another hotel," she said. According to N. Iskakova as soon as air service from the island to the mainland is open, they will go back to Kazakhstan. Recall that the Kazakh Embassy in China has opened hotlines to assist the citizens of Kazakhstan. There is no information about the victims reported. On Tuesday Kalmaegi typhoon hit the resort province of Hainan. This is the fifteenth typhoon that hit China this year. More than 20 thousand people were evacuated to safer places. China's weather observatory issued the highest red alert for Kalmaegi typhoon. China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.