At least 10,000 people were evacuated and ferry services linking China’s eastern Fujian province to Taiwan suspended today in view of two typhoons which could hit the coasts in a couple of days.
The province has recalled 1,859 fishing boats to port, relocated 7,400 people onboard the vessels and 1,600 aquaculture farmers as of 6 PM (local time), according to the local flood control and drought relief headquarters.
A level-three emergency response has been initiated and ferry services on two routes linking Fujian and Taiwan were suspended today. Another cross-Strait ferry is expected to remain in port, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Typhoon <g data-gr-id="20">Linfa’s</g> center is about 390 <g data-gr-id="21">kms</g> southeast of the boundary between Fujian and Guangdong provinces in the South China Sea.
The typhoon is forecast to move northwest at a speed of 10 <g data-gr-id="19">kms</g> per hour and will probably hit the coast of the two provinces tomorrow night, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said.
<g data-gr-id="22">Linfa</g> is expected to bring gales of up to 30 meters per second, it warned.
Meanwhile, Typhoon Chan-Hom, the center of which was 1,560 <g data-gr-id="29">kms</g> southeast of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands as of 2 PM today, will move northwest at 20 km per hour and arrive in the southern part of the East China Sea on Thursday night, according to the NMC forecast.
Chan-Hom may make landfall in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces late on Friday, bringing gales of up to 60 meters per second.