China Issues Blue Alert For Typhoon Fengshen | World News

China’s national observatory on Sunday issued a blue alert for typhoon Fengshen, the 24th typhoon of the year; The typhoon is expected to intensify and bring strong winds and heavy rain to the southern parts of the country.

According to the National Meteorological Center (NMC), as of 5 pm on Sunday, the typhoon was located over the waters off the west coast of the Philippines’ Luzon Island, with maximum winds of 72 km per hour near its center, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The typhoon is expected to become increasingly violent and move towards the northwest at a speed of 25-30 km per hour. According to the observatory, starting from Tuesday, it will move southwestwards over the central and northern parts of the South China Sea, moving towards the central coast of Vietnam, and will gradually begin to weaken.

The storms affected by the typhoon are expected to affect the East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, parts of the South China Sea, as well as the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong between 20:00 on Sunday and 20:00 on Monday, NMC said.

Meanwhile, it was stated that some parts of Taiwan may be exposed to heavy showers during the same period.

China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system for typhoons; red represents the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

On October 10, the Vietnam Disaster and Trench Management Authority said that heavy rain and floods triggered by Typhoon Matmo killed 15 people and injured eight others in northern and northern Vietnam.

The report stated that more than 225,000 houses were flooded, more than 1,500 houses were severely damaged, and approximately 24,000 hectares of rice and other crops were flooded. Approximately 587,000 cattle and fowl were killed or swept away.

It was stated that the typhoon caused serious disruptions in transportation and 27 road sections were closed to traffic due to floods and landslides.

According to the agency, power outages affected approximately 181,000 households, while telecommunications networks in many provinces were partially disrupted.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed ministries and institutions to actively support local governments in the wake of Typhoon Matmo, Vietnam News Agency reported.