Big waves are seen as Hagupit, the fourth typhoon this year, hits Shengsi county, Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, on Aug 4, 2020. [Photo by Zou Xunyong/for chinadaily.com.cn]
BEIJING — Hagupit, the fourth typhoon of this year, landed in East China’s Zhejiang province in the wee hours of Tuesday, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said.
Hagupit landed on the coastal areas of Yueqing city, a county-level city under the administration of the city of Wenzhou, at around 3:30 am, packing winds of 38 meters per second near its center.
It brought torrential rains to Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, with gales forecast in areas in the western and southern parts of the East China Sea, the waters near Diaoyu Island, the Yangtze River Estuary, Hangzhou Bay, as well as the coastal areas of Zhejiang and northeastern Fujian.
Electricians repair a collapsed wire pole in Chengnan town of Wenling city, Zhejiang province on Aug 4, 2020. [Photo by Jin Yunguo/for chinadaily.com.cn]
The NMC upgraded its typhoon alert at 6 pm Monday from yellow to orange, and renewed the alert at 6 am Tuesday, based on a four-tier color-coded warning system for severe weather, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
It forecast that the typhoon will track north and pass through Zhejiang, with its intensity gradually weakening. It is expected to leave Zhejiang Tuesday night and enter the western Yellow Sea via northern Jiangsu Wednesday before moving toward the western coast of the Korean Peninsula.
By 10 pm Monday, Zhejiang had evacuated 381,375 people. Some train services and construction work in Fujian were halted, with boats pulled ashore and nearby residents evacuated.
Temporary buildings collapse as Hagupit, the fourth typhoon this year, hits Chengnan town of Wenling city in Zhejiang province on Aug 4, 2020. [Photo by Jin Yunguo/for chinadaily.com.cn]
A construction worker stands at a temporary building site in Chengnan town of Wenling city in Zhejiang province on Aug 4, 2020. [Photo by Jin Yunguo/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Electricians repair a collapsed wire pole in Chengnan town of Wenling city, Zhejiang province on Aug 4, 2020. [Photo by Jin Yunguo/for chinadaily.com.cn]
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