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Typhoon gets stronger as it heads for mainland
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00:00 UTC+8 September 19, 2010
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Chinese mainland and Taiwan warned yesterday that Typhoon Fanapi is getting stronger before its expected landfall today.
Widespread rainfall is expected for China over the next three days and regions in the country's southeast will experience rainstorms as Fanapi approaches, the National Meteorological Center said.
Taiwan issued an alert to island residents that heavy rains and mudslides are possible and warned ships to expect dangerous sea conditions. Taiwan's weather bureau says Fanapi was about 460 kilometers offshore early yesterday and is likely to make landfall on the island by noon today.
Forecasters expect the typhoon to be a Category 2 storm at landfall on Taiwan with maximum winds between 155 and 177 kilometers per hour.
Tsengwen Reservoir, Taiwan's largest, began discharging water at noon yesterday in preparation for heavy rains brought by Fanapi.
TransAsia Airways, Mandarin Airlines and Uni Air have announced the cancellation of some flights today.
Some local farmers in Taitung County were racing against time to harvest crops, and fishing boats have returned to harbor.
Island authorities said they would be evacuating villagers last night from mountainous regions prone to landslides.
Officials said tourists vacated hotels in Hualien in eastern Taiwan where Fanapi was expected to land, while residents boarded up windows and piled sandbags at their doors. In Keelung city in northern Taiwan, fishermen watched the overcast sky after docking their boats.
The mainland's meteorological center says Fanapi could be the strongest the country has seen this year.
The typhoon could hit the mainland coasts of the coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian tonight or tomorrow morning.
Light rain or showers are forecast for many regions in western, northern and northeastern China as well as areas south of the Yangtze River during the next three days, forecasters at the national meteorological center said.
Fanapi would be the 11th typhoon to hit China this year.
Seasonal flooding in China has been the worst in a decade.
Flooding from Typhoon Morakot killed 700 people last August in Taiwan's worst storm in half a century.
Widespread rainfall is expected for China over the next three days and regions in the country's southeast will experience rainstorms as Fanapi approaches, the National Meteorological Center said.
Taiwan issued an alert to island residents that heavy rains and mudslides are possible and warned ships to expect dangerous sea conditions. Taiwan's weather bureau says Fanapi was about 460 kilometers offshore early yesterday and is likely to make landfall on the island by noon today.
Forecasters expect the typhoon to be a Category 2 storm at landfall on Taiwan with maximum winds between 155 and 177 kilometers per hour.
Tsengwen Reservoir, Taiwan's largest, began discharging water at noon yesterday in preparation for heavy rains brought by Fanapi.
TransAsia Airways, Mandarin Airlines and Uni Air have announced the cancellation of some flights today.
Some local farmers in Taitung County were racing against time to harvest crops, and fishing boats have returned to harbor.
Island authorities said they would be evacuating villagers last night from mountainous regions prone to landslides.
Officials said tourists vacated hotels in Hualien in eastern Taiwan where Fanapi was expected to land, while residents boarded up windows and piled sandbags at their doors. In Keelung city in northern Taiwan, fishermen watched the overcast sky after docking their boats.
The mainland's meteorological center says Fanapi could be the strongest the country has seen this year.
The typhoon could hit the mainland coasts of the coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian tonight or tomorrow morning.
Light rain or showers are forecast for many regions in western, northern and northeastern China as well as areas south of the Yangtze River during the next three days, forecasters at the national meteorological center said.
Fanapi would be the 11th typhoon to hit China this year.
Seasonal flooding in China has been the worst in a decade.
Flooding from Typhoon Morakot killed 700 people last August in Taiwan's worst storm in half a century.
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