China News Service, Fuzhou, August 2 (Reporter Long Min) Fujian, which is rare in July without a typhoon, faces a typhoon warning as soon as it enters August. According to the forecast by the Fujian Meteorological Observatory on the evening of the 1st, the tropical depression located in the southeastern ocean of Taiwan Island, China strengthened to the fourth typhoon "Hagupit" (tropical storm level) this year at 20:00 on the 1st, with the center being about 930 southeast of Fuding, Fujian. Kilometers, the maximum wind speed near the center is 18 m/s.
Experts predict that the center of the typhoon will move to the northwest at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour, gradually increasing in intensity, and gradually approaching the coast of northern Fujian to central Zhejiang, and it will land on the coast of this area on the 3rd night. Affected by its northward movement, from the night of the 2nd to the morning of the 4th, the wind force of the Diaoyu Island fishing grounds, the Mindong fishing grounds and the Minwai fishing grounds was 8-9 gusts 10-12.
At present, Fujian Province has initiated a typhoon level IV emergency response.
August 1 happened to be the end of the coastal summer fishing moratorium. At 12:00 noon that day, 7756 fishing boats of light enclosure (laying) nets, nets, gill nets, cage pots, and truss shrimp tow operations started fishing as scheduled.
The newly restarted coastal fisheries in Fujian will press the "pause button" again. The Flood Control Office of Fujian Province requires marine merchant ships and fishing boats to withdraw from Mindong fishing grounds, fishing grounds outside Fujian and Diaoyu Islands waters before 8 o'clock on the 3rd to ensure maritime safety; all coastal districts and cities pay close attention to the follow-up development trend of Typhoon Hagupit in time Guard against. (Finish)