Typhoon Haima makes second landfall in China
Typhoon Haima has finally made its second landfall in southeastern China on Friday afternoon. However, no casualties or major damage has been reported so far.
The deadly typhoon had made its first landfall in the northern Philippines on October 19, leaving at least 13 dead.
However, Haima had weakened before hitting China and was equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane at the time of landfall. However, it triggered heavy rains with squally winds over Shanwei in eastern Guangdong, about 1690 kilometers east of Hong Kong's International Airport.
As the Haima moves forward, it will now threaten southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghi. We can expect torrential rains accompanied with high velocity winds on Saturday night. Threat of Landslides, flash floods and mudslides also looms large.
On Friday, the typhoon had also skirted Hong Kong, which was spared from the destructive winds and flooding rain, but intensity of the weather activity was good enough to make its presence felt.
More than 740 flights were cancelled or re-scheduled due to the Haima. The typhoon had also forced schools and offices to be closed, while transport was brought to standstill.
Prior to this, Haima had also triggered deadly landslides and flash floods in the northern Philippines.
According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of the Philippines, more than 90,000 people were evacuated ahead of Haima.
Typhoon Haima hits Hong Kong with torrential rains and strong winds
Hong Kong was buffeted by gale-force winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Haima on Friday, as one of the strongest storms to hit the city this year shut its stock market and disrupted flights.
On Friday, Typhoon Haima slammed Hong Kong with gale-force winds and torrential rains. It is being hailed as one of the strongest storms to hit the city this year. It brought down trees across the city, shut its stock market and cancelled several flights. Road and rail services have also been affected.
According to media reports, about 150 trees were knocked down by winds of blowing at a speed of up to 117 kmph.
Here are images of few storm chasers:
Storm chasers, air passengers and tourists seemed to either love or hate #TyphoonHaima, when it hit #HongKong https://t.co/DWTiwnqZ5B pic.twitter.com/FMZ7fsAtEm
— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) October 21, 2016
Typhoons make frequent appearances in Hong Kong, but it is rare for storms to hit this late in the year. Typhoon Haima is the 22nd typhoon to hit China so far this year.
The storm Haima has now moved northwards, into China's Guangdong province and made landfall late afternoon. Red typhoon alert has been issued in nine cities of China.
Typhoon Haima hits Northern Philippine, targets China next
Super typhoon Haima made landfall in Northern Philippines on late Wednesday night, accompanied with damaging winds of 225 kmph.
Haima, which was of Category 5 intensity till Wednesday, weakened just before making landfall around 11 pm on northern Luzon Island. However, it was powerful enough to hammer the mountainous town.
Over tens of thousands of people have been evacuated so far and shifted to shelter homes. Rescue operations are underway as the city witnessed widespread damage overnight. Several homes were destroyed and snapped electricity across the region.
Now, typhoon Haima has now moved back into South China Sea. However, the system continues to trigger squally winds and torrential rainfall over the most parts of the northern Philippines.
Weathermen predict that heavy rain accompanied with damaging winds will batter northern Luzon on Thursday as well. Particularly, the coastal regions that will battle strong waves and storm surge flooding.
Haima is likely to make a second landfall in Southeast China east of Hong Kong on Friday. However, by then, it will be a weaker typhoon.
Weathermen anticipate that Haima is likely to pass south of Taiwan by Thursday, exposing it to squally weather. Hong Kong is also on alert as it may also face the wrath of Haima's eyewall by Friday.
Typhoon Haima hits Northern Philippine, targets China next
Super typhoon Haima made landfall in Northern Philippines on late Wednesday night, accompanied with damaging winds of 225 kmph.
Haima, which was of Category 5 intensity till Wednesday, weakened just before making landfall around 11 pm on northern Luzon Island. However, it was powerful enough to hammer the mountainous town.
Over tens of thousands of people have been evacuated so far and shifted to shelter homes. Rescue operations are underway as the city witnessed widespread damage overnight. Several homes were destroyed and snapped electricity across the region.
Now, typhoon Haima has now moved back into South China Sea. However, the system continues to trigger squally winds and torrential rainfall over the most parts of the northern Philippines.
Weathermen predict that heavy rain accompanied with damaging winds will batter northern Luzon on Thursday as well. Particularly, the coastal regions that will battle strong waves and storm surge flooding.
Haima is likely to make a second landfall in Southeast China east of Hong Kong on Friday. However, by then, it will be a weaker typhoon.
Weathermen anticipate that Haima is likely to pass south of Taiwan by Thursday, exposing it to squally weather. Hong Kong is also on alert as it may also face the wrath of Haima's eyewall by Friday.
Tropical storm Haima has gained further strength, intensifying into a super typhoon equivalent to Category 5 hurricane. The system is likely to make a landfall in Luzon town of Northern Philippines by late Wednesday or by Thursday.
This is the second consecutive typhoon to batter the island nation in span of mere four days. Prior to this, typhoon Sarika had hammered Manila as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, killing four people.
At present, Haima is centered around 555 kilometers east-northeast of the capital city of Manila.
The system has already triggered torrential rains and squally winds gusting up to 270 kmph over the coastal areas. With this, threat of landslides and flash floods looms large over the hilly region of the northern island of Luzon.
Weather conditions are still favourable for its further and rapid intensification. According to the meteorologists, low wind shear along with sea travel will make the system more intense.
At the time of landfall, one can expect damaging winds with flooding rains over several provinces of Philippine. According to local reports, around 2.7 million people are expected to be affected by Haima.
Thereafter, the super typhoon is likely to move in northwest towards Southeast China later this week. It is likely to hit the eastern Guangdong province of China by Friday evening. Weathermen predict that storm will be much weaker by that time but it will still have the potential of triggering flooding rains.
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