The latest typhoon news on the afternoon of July 7 said that all passenger transport routes in the waters of Wenzhou and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, have been suspended when authorities activated a level 2 emergency response to prevent typhoons in the waters of southern China.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a yellow warning (3rd highest level) for storm Today when the storm made landfall in Taiwan (China) at midnight on July 6.
Chinese typhoon forecasters say that Typhoon Today is likely to make landfall in coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on July 8.
Due to the influence of today, strong winds and heavy rain will occur in many places in Taiwan (China) from July 6 to 7. Some districts and cities, including Tan Truc, Taipei and Kaohsiung, suspended the operation of offices and schools throughout July 7.
Traffic across the island has also been affected to various degrees, with a large number of flights canceled and trains suspended.
Storm today is forecast to move north-northeast at a speed of 15-20 km/h, gradually weakening. Starting from the morning of July 8, the storm will move west-southwest, gradually moving towards coastal areas from Taizhou, Zhejiang to Fujian, Fujian Province, eastern China. Typhoon Today is expected to make landfall along this coast from the afternoon to evening of July 8.
In addition to causing strong winds for a large area from the East Sea to the East China Sea, Typhoon Today will cause heavy to very heavy rain in some areas of Zhejiang and Taiwan (China). It is forecasted that Zhejiang and Fujian will have heavy rain, including extremely heavy rain in some locations.
Typhoon Today (known as Bising or Typhoon No. 2 in the East Sea in the Philippines) brought gusts of up to 222 km/h to southwestern Taiwan (China) when it made landfall on the night of July 6. "This is the first time in history that a storm has made landfall in Gia Nghia district. It is a very unusual path," said the CWA.
The latest typhoon left at least two dead and 491 injured in Taiwan. The storm also led to widespread power outages on the island. More than 500 mm of rain fell south of Taiwan (China) over the weekend.
Nearly 3,500 people have been evacuated from their homes, mainly in mountainous areas around the port city of Kaohsiung. There were 33 international flights from Taiwan (China) canceled on July 7.
