China News Service, Hangzhou, August 22 (Wang Yifei, Qian Chenfei) This year's No. 8 typhoon "Bawei" (severe tropical storm level) formed at 8 o'clock on the 22nd in the east of Taiwan. The reporter learned from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Emergency Management that the province’s anti-typhoon emergency response was initiated at 18:00 on the same day, requiring close attention to typhoon development and changes, and doing various maritime anti-typhoon work according to the plan.

  The center of "Bavi" (strong tropical storm level) at 16:00 is located on the Northwest Pacific Ocean about 455 kilometers southwest of Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The maximum wind force near the center is 9 (23 m/s) and the minimum pressure at the center is 995. HPa. It has strengthened into a severe tropical storm at 17:00. It is expected that "Bahwe" will move north-eastward at a speed of 16 kilometers per hour, and its intensity will gradually increase, reaching the strongest typhoon or super typhoon level. From midnight on the 22nd, there will be obvious wind and waves on the coastal waters of central and southern Zhejiang.

  The Zhejiang Provincial Defense Index pointed out that this year’s typhoon has been very variable, with many short-term explosive enhancements, and the forecast that the intensity of the "Bahwe" typhoon will gradually increase. The impact, all departments and coastal areas must pay close attention to the impact of the typhoon, and must not be taken lightly.

  It is reported that the impact of the typhoon on Zhejiang is mainly sea waves. The province requires that all coastal areas should promptly urge fishing vessels operating at sea to return to harbors to avoid wind or enter safe waters in accordance with the deployment. Fishing vessels in Zhejiang Province in the waters south of 28.5 degrees north latitude should sail into the waters west of the no fishing line to avoid wind before 20 o'clock on the 22nd. 23 Return to the port before 8 o'clock on the same day for shelter; fishing boats in the waters north of 28.5 degrees north latitude must sail into relatively safe waters west of 123 degrees east longitude before 10 o'clock on the 23rd to avoid wind, and adjust the safe waters in time according to the development of the typhoon; leisure fishing boats in Zhejiang Province Business will cease on the 23rd, and the marine aquaculture personnel in Wenzhou and Taizhou must be evacuated and landed before 16:00 on the 23rd. (Finish)