China News Service, Hangzhou, August 3 (Qian Chenfei) This year's No. 4 typhoon "Hagupit" has intensified into a typhoon at 14:00 on August 3. The Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province (hereinafter referred to as Zhejiang Provincial Control Point) decided to upgrade the typhoon emergency response to level II at 16:00 on the 3rd.
On August 1, the tropical depression in the southeastern ocean of Taiwan Island of China developed and strengthened into the No. 4 typhoon this year ("Hagupit"). "Hagupit" entered the East China Sea on August 3, and strengthened from a tropical storm to a severe tropical storm at 5 o'clock that day, and from a severe tropical storm to a typhoon at 14:00.
Fishermen are strengthening their houses in the coastal area of Yueqing. Photo by Wang Gang
According to the Zhejiang Provincial Anti-Countermeasures report, at 15:00, the center of the typhoon was about 245 kilometers southeast of Cangnan County in the province. It is currently moving northwestward at a speed of about 25 kilometers per hour. It is most likely to be in Wenling, Zhejiang from today night to early tomorrow morning. Landing along the coast of Cangnan, the intensity of the landfall is strong tropical storm level or typhoon level, 11-12 level, 30-35 m/s.
The report shows that the intensity of the typhoon "Hagupit" will continue to increase, and it will land in Zhejiang head-on. The landfall coincides with the astronomical evening climax, which will cause the phenomenon of "three encounters" of wind, rain and tide. According to the "Emergency Plan for Flood Prevention, Typhoon and Drought Relief in Zhejiang Province," the provincial government decided to upgrade the emergency response to typhoon prevention to level II at 16:00 on the 3rd.
In addition, Zhejiang Water Resources Department has upgraded the emergency response of flood and drought disaster prevention (anti-typhoon) to Level II at 17:00 on the 3rd; Zhejiang Meteorological Bureau has upgraded the emergency response of major meteorological disasters (typhoons) to Level II at 16:00 on the 3rd. (Finish)