China News Service, Guangzhou, October 12 (Wang Jian) The reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department on the 12th that in view of the continuous impact of typhoon No. 16 on Guangdong, according to the "Guangdong Province Flood Prevention, Drought, Wind, and Freezing Emergency Plan "In accordance with the relevant regulations of the Guangdong Provincial General Administration of Prevention, the Office of the General Headquarters of Flood Control, Drought and Wind Prevention of Guangdong Province, and the Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department have decided to initiate a windbreak level IV emergency response at 9:30 on October 12.
In accordance with the division of responsibilities and the provisions of the plan, all departments in the province are requested to further implement various measures to prevent typhoons while doing a good job in flood prevention, so as to ensure the safety of people's lives and properties and minimize disaster losses.
It is reported that at 8 o'clock on the 12th, the tropical depression in the South China Sea strengthened to the No. 16 typhoon (tropical storm level, not yet named) this year. Its center is about 740 kilometers east of Wanning City, Hainan Province. The maximum wind force near the center is 8 (18 meters). /Sec), the lowest pressure in the center is 998 hPa.
It is expected that the typhoon will move to the northwest at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour, and its intensity will continue to strengthen, tending to the waters near Hainan to Zhanjiang, and it will make landfall in the above areas at night on the 13th.
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