Typhoon regraded as it nears Taiwan
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August 29, 2011, Monday
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TYPHOON Nanmadol was yesterday downgraded from strong to normal by China's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center.
Nanmadol was 70 kilometers southeast of the southernmost tip of Taiwan at 6pm yesterday and was moving north at 12 to 8 kilometers per hour. It was expected to make landfall in Taiwan today.
Taiwan authorities issued land and sea warnings yesterday afternoon and thousands of people at risk have been moved.
Offices and schools in many places, such as Taitung and Hualien, were closed from yesterday. The island's forestry bureau said all forest parks will also be closed.
Today there will be 6-meter to 8.5-meter waves in the Bashi Channel, off the southeast coast of Taiwan, 4m to 6m waves in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and 2m to 3m waves off Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, according to China's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center.
The center is continuing its yellow alert for the storm, warning local authorities and the public to take precautions and intensify safety checks on fishing facilities.
The yellow alert is the second-lowest level in the country's four-level storm alert system.
The weather forecast department in Fujian Province said the typhoon may land again in the province after its first landfall in Taiwan, bringing high wind, tides and rain.
In Anhui Province, which borders Zhejiang, more than 2,400 stranded people had been relocated by Saturday night as continual rain over recent days triggered floods.
Rainfall had reached 420mm in the county of Huaiyuan, and 1.3 million mu (87,000 hectares) of crops were soaked, according to the province's drought and flood relief headquarters.
While east China is receiving abundant rain, southwest China's Yunnan Province is plagued with the worst drought since 1959. Rainfall over the past eight months is down 19 percent to 598mm, leaving 502,000 residents short of drinking water in the heavily-affected Qujing City, according to deputy mayor Ning Degang.
The provincial weather forecast department said the drought would linger as no significant rain was forecast for the next three days.
Nanmadol was 70 kilometers southeast of the southernmost tip of Taiwan at 6pm yesterday and was moving north at 12 to 8 kilometers per hour. It was expected to make landfall in Taiwan today.
Taiwan authorities issued land and sea warnings yesterday afternoon and thousands of people at risk have been moved.
Offices and schools in many places, such as Taitung and Hualien, were closed from yesterday. The island's forestry bureau said all forest parks will also be closed.
Today there will be 6-meter to 8.5-meter waves in the Bashi Channel, off the southeast coast of Taiwan, 4m to 6m waves in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and 2m to 3m waves off Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, according to China's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center.
The center is continuing its yellow alert for the storm, warning local authorities and the public to take precautions and intensify safety checks on fishing facilities.
The yellow alert is the second-lowest level in the country's four-level storm alert system.
The weather forecast department in Fujian Province said the typhoon may land again in the province after its first landfall in Taiwan, bringing high wind, tides and rain.
In Anhui Province, which borders Zhejiang, more than 2,400 stranded people had been relocated by Saturday night as continual rain over recent days triggered floods.
Rainfall had reached 420mm in the county of Huaiyuan, and 1.3 million mu (87,000 hectares) of crops were soaked, according to the province's drought and flood relief headquarters.
While east China is receiving abundant rain, southwest China's Yunnan Province is plagued with the worst drought since 1959. Rainfall over the past eight months is down 19 percent to 598mm, leaving 502,000 residents short of drinking water in the heavily-affected Qujing City, according to deputy mayor Ning Degang.
The provincial weather forecast department said the drought would linger as no significant rain was forecast for the next three days.
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