the Philippines, its rain bands caused considerable damage to the nation. According to a situation report by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the typhoon killed four people and caused damage worth US$59,203. On 2 August thousands of people living near the Marikina River in Metro Manila fled as alert level 2 was issued, after water rose to dangerously-high levels. Minutes before the announcement was made, the Malacañan Palace released an order closing schools, colleges and offices. Authorities mobilized emergency personnel to ready evacuations from areas near the capital region's rivers and canals, where flood waters were rising. On 4 August, the NDRRMC raised the death toll to eight and total damage to agriculture and infrastructure to US$59,428. It was reported that CGAC in Iloilo coordinated commercial vessels rescuing 178 passengers after a passenger ship, M/V Asia Malaysia, sank near Calabazas Island, Ajuy, Iloilo. Okinawa On 5 August, the storm passed just southwest of Kadena Air Base, bringing sustained winds of and of rain. Thirty-seven people were injured, six critically. Nearly 300 flights were cancelled, leaving 13,630 stranded. China Offshore, ten fishing vessels (with about 200 people aboard) were reported missing; however, there was uncertainty about whether Muifa was the cause. On 7 August, as the typhoon brushed the coast of Shanghai, a major sea bridge linking the urban area to an outlying island was closed. Heavy rains and strong winds battered the city, and some 400,000 people were moved to evacuation centers. Tens of thousands of fishing boats remained in port. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. One person was reported missing as a boat sank off Zhejiang in storm surge associated with Muifa. Strong winds knocked down billboards and cut power in two residential areas of Shanghai. However, the typhoon weakened before it reached the city and many stores remained open. Although weakened, the storm wreaked havoc in Zhejiang province; 169 houses, 3,500 tonnes of crops and 121,300 tonnes of aquatic products were destroyed. Economic losses were estimated at US$289.9 million. The system threatened the chemical plant in Dalian; authorities reported that loads of rocks were dumped along the coastline to prevent damage to the plant from the -high waves spawned by the storm. On 9 August, as the system approached its final landfall, a total of 183 counties in China's coastal provinces were reported to be battered by the system