The latest typhoon bulletin at noon on July 25 from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that Typhoon Noul, named Kiyapo in the Philippines, is operating in the East Sea.
Typhoon Noul's eye is 465km west of Basco, Batanes, Philippines. The storm is moving northwest at a speed of 25 km/h, with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h near the eye and gusts of up to 150 km/h.
Typhoon Noul is forecast to move northwest until July 26, heading south of China before turning north-northwest.
Philippine typhoon forecasters say that environmental conditions in the East Sea are favorable for Typhoon Noul to continue to strengthen in the next 12 hours, before making landfall. After that, the latest typhoon in the East Sea is expected to weaken rapidly as it moves deeper into mainland China.
From 6 pm on July 24, the National Meteorological Center of China extended the orange-level storm warning when Typhoon Noul was forecast to make landfall on the coast of Guangdong province, southern China in the period from the evening of July 25 to the morning of July 26.
After making landfall in the area between Zhuhai and Yaoping in Guangdong province, the storm will shift direction to the north and gradually weaken, according to the latest storm news from the National Meteorological Center of China.
It is forecasted that some areas in eastern Guangdong province and Taiwan (China) are expected to have heavy to very heavy rain due to the impact of Typhoon Noul.
China has a 4-level weather warning system, encoded by color, with red as the most serious warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
