China on Wednesday issued the highest "red alert" and cancelled hundreds of flights and trains as it braced for violent gales and heavy rains accompanying Typhoon Meranti, which is expected to hit its southern coast.
The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre (NMEFC) issued the alert as gales and waves up to 12-metres high were observed off the eastern coast of Taiwan, where the typhoon didn't make landfall.
Meranti - the strongest typhon to hit China in years - was likely to hit the coast of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. It comes just over two months after the deadly typhoon Nepartak cut power and grounded flights across China.
It is the 14th typhoon to hit the Chinese coast this year.
The typhoon is likely to make landfall in Fujian and Guangdong tomorrow and the State Oceanic Administration has initiated a class-II emergency response, the second-highest level.
PTI/india.com
14/9/16
The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre (NMEFC) issued the alert as gales and waves up to 12-metres high were observed off the eastern coast of Taiwan, where the typhoon didn't make landfall.
Meranti - the strongest typhon to hit China in years - was likely to hit the coast of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. It comes just over two months after the deadly typhoon Nepartak cut power and grounded flights across China.
It is the 14th typhoon to hit the Chinese coast this year.
The typhoon is likely to make landfall in Fujian and Guangdong tomorrow and the State Oceanic Administration has initiated a class-II emergency response, the second-highest level.
PTI/india.com
14/9/16
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