CHINA/AT SEA: South China coast braces for "super typhoon", Megi

Record ID: 1961312

  • Title: CHINA/AT SEA: South China coast braces for "super typhoon", Megi
  • Date: 23rd October 2010
  • Summary: SHANTOU, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (OCTOBER 22, 2010) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) VARIOUS OF WAVES OFF PIER AT SEA, OFF FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (OCTOBER 22, 2010) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) WAVES AT SEA SHIP PEOPLE PREPARING ROPES ON DECK HELICOPTER IN AIR FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (OCTOBER 22, 2010) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHIN
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  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA1EKU4Q2ZJA4QCUWUXRDUBN9Q2
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Ports and oil terminals in Hong Kong and southern China shut down operations, forcing tankers to anchor offshore to ride out one of the biggest typhoons to threaten the South China coast in years, state media reported on Friday (October 22).
    At least 75,000 fishing vessels had returned to port, while on the tropical resort island of Hainan, vulnerable to heavy flooding, as many as 200,000 people had been evacuated from low-lying areas along with another 150,000 from the southeastern coastal province of Fujian, the official Xinhua news agency said.
    Marine authorities say the typhoon could generate a huge and destructive "50-year storm surge" along the China coastline.
    Typhoon Megi, which killed 19 people in the Philippines, looked set to make landfall on Saturday (October 23) east of Hong Kong, one of the world's most crowded cities and a key trade and finance hub.
    Cyclonic storms, known as typhoons in Asia, usually threaten between May and September when sea waters are at their warmest.
    Tropical Storm Risk http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com) predicted the storm would weaken and make landfall between Hong Kong and Zhangzhou, to the east of the former British colony.
    Major shipping ports in southern China, including Shenzhen and Zhuhai, which funnel a flood of goods worldwide from the manufacturing powerhouse of the Pearl River Delta, were closed on Thursday (October 21) according to shipping sources, bringing possible temporary disruptions to Christmas orders being shipped overseas.
    Meanwhile, five of Hong Kong's main oil products terminals on Tsing Yi island were closed ahead of the storm, an official with shipping and logistics agency GAC said.
    Neighbouring Taiwan warned shipping of high winds and strong waves. A ship sank in the Taiwan Strait earlier this week, with one person on board killed.
    Typhoons usually weaken significantly after making landfall in China, but sometimes do a u-turn and regain strength from the warm sea water to threaten once again.
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