Linfa lands, 2 other typhoons follow
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Typhoon Linfa made landfall in south China’s Guangdong Province yesterday, where trains have been suspended, schools closed and thousands of fishing boats recalled to port.
Linfa was packing winds of up to 35 meters per second, according to the provincial meteorological station.
From Wednesday night, gales and torrential rains have been hitting the city of Shantou about 100 kilometers from the landing point. Trees in the city were brought down by strong winds while three main bridges to Shanwei and an offshore island county had all been closed as of yesterday morning.
With a complex route and changing intensity, Linfa was earlier expected to make landfall on the coastal regions stretching from Shantou in Guangdong to Zhangpu in Fujian Province.
About 10,400 fishing vessels returned to ports in five cities in Guangdong.
The province issued a yellow alert for Linfa on Wednesday, closing kindergartens, elementary and middle schools in 15 counties.
Meanwhile, another typhoon, Chan-Hom, is fast approaching east China.
As of 11am yesterday, its center was 1,000 kilometers southeast of Wenzhou of Zhejiang Province, packing winds up to 40 meters per second.
Chan-Hom is expected to land in Zhejiang late tonight or tomorrow morning as a super typhoon, according to the Zhejiang meteorological station.
All 7,672 fishing boats in Wenzhou were called back to harbor as the city issued a yellow alert yesterday morning. Torrential rain is expected in the city from tonight to tomorrow.
Zhejiang has suspended its direct shipping route to Taiwan for safety reasons.
On Wednesday, the China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs urged Shanghai, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Zhejiang to set up dedicated teams to track the two typhoons and disseminate information.
The Hong Kong Observatory raised its “T8” storm signal — its third-highest — yesterday afternoon with hundreds of office workers heading home to avoid the storm.
The warning was later reduced to a “T3,” with wind speeds of 41 to 62 kilometers per hour expected.
Kindergartens were shut in the morning with container ports closed from the early afternoon.
Authorities also closed off a popular seaside promenade overlooking the city’s Victoria Harbor as tourists grappled with umbrellas in the wind.
The Hong Kong Airport Authority said over 500 flights would be affected by the storm but so far there have been no cancellations.
Television images showed powerful waves hitting the coast of cities on the eastern coast of Guangdong as the storm passed over en route to Hong Kong.
A third typhoon, Nangka, currently in the Pacific Ocean north of Guam, was heading toward the southeastern coast of Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, but was not due to make landfall in the next five days.
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