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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ZHANJIANG, Guangdong, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) - Typhoon Hagupit, packing torrential rain and hurricane force winds, forced the closure of schools in at least two south China cities, halted flights and left many urban streets deserted after making landfall in Guangdong Province early on Wednesday. The 14th strong typhoon of the year landed in Dianbai County in the city of Maoming at 6:45 a.m. with winds of...
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Typhoon Hagupit Traps 13 Miners in Philippine Gold Field"] Manila, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) - A landslide caused by Typhoon Hagupit has trapped at least 13 miners in a gold field in southern Philippines for nearly 10 hours, local media reported Tuesday. Quoting police source, the on-line news network INQUIRER.Net said the minors [as publiched], all employees of a certain mining firm, have been...
China's coastal provinces displace thousands in precaution against Sinlaku FUZHOU, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in east China have evacuated over 170,000 people from low-lying coastal regions, as the typhoon Sinlaku suggested a move towards them, after it pounded Taiwan early Sunday morning. The Fujian provincial meteorological observatory monitored the eye of the storm was in Yilan County, Taiwan, at 5:00 a.m., packing up winds at 45 meters per second. Its power...
Typhoon Sinlaku hits Taiwan, 13 injured and 782 affected TAIPEI, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Sinlaku, the 13th tropical storm so far this year in China, injured 13 people when it hit northeastern Taiwan at 1:50 a.m. on Sunday. The typhoon landed in Yilan County, Taiwan, with winds up to 45 meters per second, monitored by the Fujian provincial meteorological observatory at 5:00 a.m.. More than 130,000 households suffered a power blackout, and 800 lost their water supply, which has yet...
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "460,000 People Evacuated as Tropical Storm Sinlaku Approaches East China"] Fuzhou, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) - About 460,000 people in east China's Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces have been evacuated as tropical storm Sinlaku, which was weakened from a typhoon on Monday morning, was approaching. The Fujian provincial headquarters for flood control said on Monday morning that close to 230,000 people had...
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) TAIPEI, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) - Typhoon Sinlaku, the 13th tropical storm so far this year in China, injured 13 people when it hit northeastern Taiwan at 1:50 a.m. on Sunday. The typhoon landed in Yilan County, Taiwan, with winds up to 45 meters per second, monitored by the Fujian provincial meteorological observatory at 5:00 a.m.. More than 130,000 households suffered a power blackout, and 800 lost their...
Typhoon Sinlaku injured 13 people and caused widespread power outages Sunday after making landfall in Taiwan, officials said. Sinlaku, packing 100 mph winds, came ashore early Sunday morning in Yilan County, Taiwan, knocking out power to 130,000 households and sending 782 refugees into public shelters, the state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. In mainland China, officials in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces evacuated more than 170,000 people from low-lying coastal regions as the...
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "China's Coastal Provinces Displace Thousands in Precaution Against Sinlaku"] FUZHOU, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) - Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in east China have evacuated over 170,000 people from low-lying coastal regions, as the typhoon Sinlaku suggested a move towards them, after it pounded Taiwan early Sunday morning. The Fujian provincial meteorological observatory monitored the eye of the storm...
Flights canceled in S. China as Typhoon Nuri approaches GUANGZHOU, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Eighty-six flights going to south China's coastal Shenzhen City and Hong Kong were canceled as Typhoon Nuri approached, a major carrier said on Friday. In total, 18 flights heading to Hong Kong were canceled after 10 a.m. and 68 flights expected to arrive in Shenzhen after 3 p.m. were also canceled, a China Southern Airline official said. Three flights heading to the coastal city of Zhuhai and...
Hong Kong was hit hard on Friday by Typhoon Nuri, as the powerful storm's gale-force winds disrupted flights and shut down most of the city. Nuri wreaked havoc on the northern Philippines before making its way to Hong Kong early Friday, where the tropical cyclone signal was upgraded to an uncommon No. 9, one short of a direct hit. The last time such a dangerous storm hit the former British colony was Typhoon Dujuan in September 2003.Around four hundred flights were delayed or cancelled...
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Typhoon Sanvu formed to the Southeast of Guam on May 21, 2012 and began to make its track to the North. Sanvu was responsible for strong winds and rain in the Guam area. It then moved to the North and impacted the island known as Iwo To. The pressure dropped to around 975mb with winds around 70mph when it made landfall on Iwo To. The eye wall passed right over the island on the evening of the 25th of May. When Sanvu left the island of Iwo To it rapidly transitioned into an...
Left Image Credit: Joshua Kelly - Right Image Credit: NASA Typhoon Guchol, these past few days, had made it to Super Typhoon strength which would be the same as saying that it was a CAT 3 or larger storm. It quickly raced up towards Okinawa Japan leaving its first imprints with reports of winds near 60-70mph with higher gusts. It then moved up northward into Shikoku Japan where it made landfall with wind reports near Muroto-Misaki around 70mph with higher gusts. Then it made its way...
