Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall in China's Fujian province

Record ID: 1957026

  • Title: Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall in China's Fujian province
  • Date: 25th July 2024
  • Summary: FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA (JULY 25, 2024) (CCTV - No use China) VARIOUS OF BOATS SWAYING ON WAVES IN RAIN VARIOUS OF ROOFTOP OF BOOTH SWAYING IN WIND ON ROAD VARIOUS OF BOATS HARBOURED BOATS SWAYING ON SEA / WIND TURBINES ROTATING BOATS SWAYING ON SEA VARIOUS OF SHAKING VIEW OF WIND TURBINES FROM CAMERA ON SEA VARIOUS OF TREES SWAYING IN WIND VARIOUS OF RAIN FALLING ON GROUND
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  • Keywords: China Fujian Gaemi Zhejiang flood rain rainfall rainstorm typhoon weather
  • Location: FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA
  • City: FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA001179825072024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Typhoon Gaemi roared into southeastern China on Thursday (July 25), making its landfall at 7:50 p.m. (1150 GMT) in Fujian province, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
    The typhoon is the biggest to hit China's eastern seaboard this year, forecasted to unleash intense rainfall over much of China after fuelling severe weather from the Philippines to Japan's Okinawa islands with its giant cloud-bands which spanned most of the Western Pacific Ocean.
    Chinese weather forecasters predict Gaemi will pass through Fujian and head inland, gradually moving northward with less intensity. But weather forecasters are expecting heavy rain in many areas as it tracks north.
    Ahead of Gaemi's arrival, China's governing Communist Party's top decision-making body held a meeting to discuss flood prevention and disaster relief, state media said, while local officials also stepped up warnings in the coastal provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang.
    In Fujian, government officials have relocated about 150,000 people, mainly from coastal fishing communities.
    Most flights were cancelled at airports in Fuzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian, and Wenzhou in Zhejiang, according to the VariFlight app.
    A total of 1533 highways were suspended and some trains that pass through typhoon-affected areas in Fujian province were cancelled, according to CCTV.
    (Production: Xiaoyu Yin)
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