Super Typhoon Gaemi is the strongest storm to hit Taiwan (China) in 8 years.
At 4:20 a.m. on July 25, the super storm weakened and "the center of the storm moved out to sea," weather forecasters in Taiwan (China) stated in the latest storm bulletin.
Taiwan's (China) fire department announced that it had received a report on the morning of July 25 that a Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship sank off the island's southern coast, killing nine sailors. Myanmar people had to wear life jackets and abandon ship.
"They fell into the sea and floated there" - Hsiao Huan-chang - leader of Taiwan's (China) fire department shared.
Rescuers contacted a nearby Taiwanese (Chinese) cargo ship to assist the sailors of the sunken cargo ship, and the rescue ship arrived in the area at 8:35 a.m. local time on the morning of July 25.
Mr. Hsiao Huan-chang informed that when the rescue ship arrived at the scene, visibility in the area where the ship sank was very low and the wind was extremely strong.
"When the weather permits, we will immediately dispatch a ship or helicopter to rescue, but that is currently not possible," he said.
Another official at the Taiwanese fire department (China) told AFP that the sailors of the ship in distress were missing.
Super storm Gaemi landed in Taiwan (China) on the night of July 24 with continuous wind speeds of up to 190 km/h. At least two people were confirmed dead: A driver in Kaohsiung city was crushed by a tree and a woman in Hualien died in a building collapse. More than 200 people were injured in Taiwan (China) during Typhoon Gaemi.
Several cities, including Taipei, announced a second consecutive day off, with schools, public agencies and stock markets closed and hundreds of domestic and international flights cancelled. Kaohsiung residents witnessed streets turn into rivers, and many families' homes were flooded.
The latest storm forecast shows that super typhoon Gaemi is heading towards Fujian province, China. Fujian suspended all train services and issued its second-highest level of flood warning. China's Ministry of Water Resources warned on July 24 that extremely heavy rains are expected to cause river and lake levels in Fujian and Zhejiang to rise.
Previously, while traveling to Taiwan (China), super typhoon Gaemi also aggravated seasonal rains in the Philippines, causing floods and landslides. An oil tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of oil sank off the coast of Manila on July 25 and officials are racing to contain the spill.
In the Philippines, officials announced on July 25 that continuous heavy rain caused by Typhoon Gaemi, although this storm did not sweep the Philippines, has caused at least 20 deaths in the past 2 weeks in Manila and neighboring localities. near.
The Philippines regularly experiences tropical storms from July to October. However, storm forecasters warn that climate change has increased the intensity of storms this year, leading to heavy rain, flash floods and wind. lug.
