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Super Typhoon Lekima barrels towards China @ 2019-08-10T00: Back Hot News
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TYPHOON LEKIMA IS ASSAULTING TAIWAN. NORTHERN TAIWAN WAS HIT FIRST, BUT THE TYPHOON STARTED MOVING NORTH IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. IN THE MORNING, KEELUNG GOT INTERMITTENT RAIN AND WIND. ONE PERSON SAID IT WASN"T AS FIERCE AS HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AND SOME STORES DECIDED EARLY IN THE MORNING TO OPEN FOR THE DAY.
EXPERTS SAY TYPHOON FRANCISCO, THE EIGHTH TROPICAL STORM OR TYPHOON OF THE 2019 PACIFIC SEASON, MOVED NORTH AFTER AFFECTING JAPAN. THE EXTENSION OF A PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WESTWARD WILL DETERMINE WHETHER LEKIMA WILL GET CLOSER TO TAIWAN. MEANWHILE, A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS DEVELOPING TO THE NORTH OF GUAM, AND COULD DEVELOP INTO THE 10TH TROPICAL STORM OR TYPHOON OF THE SEASON WITHIN A DAY. IT MAY ALSO END UP INFLUENCING LEKIMA"S PATH.
LEKIMA, WHICH IS THE NINTH TYPHOON SO FAR THIS YEAR, STRENGTHENED INTO A SUPER TYPHOON LATE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT TAIWANESE AUTHORITIES HAVE SINCE DOWNGRADED IT TO A REGULAR TYPHOON.
THE CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU ON THURSDAY ISSUED A WARNING FOR RESIDENTS OF YILAN, AS WELL AS TAIPEI AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE NORTH AND ALONG THE EAST COAST IN ADVANCE OF TYPHOON LEKIMA.
GALLERY: TYPHOON LEKIMA BEARS DOWN ON MAINLAND
STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE SWIRLING IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN, WITH ONE OF THESE - LEKIMA - NOW CLASSIFIED AS A SUPER TYPHOON. A SUPER TYPHOON HAS WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 120 MPH (100 KNOTS; 190 KM/H) AND, AS OF THE LATEST ADVISORY FROM THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTRE (JTWC), LEKIMA HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 149 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 184 MPH. TAIWAN AND JAPAN ARE EXPECTING TO BE BATTERED BY THE ONCOMING STORM BUT WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT MAKE LANDFALL?
TWIN TYPHOONS LEKIMA AND KROSA ARE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FORECAST EXACTLY WHICH PATH THEY'LL CHOOSE. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR.
SINGAPORE — TROPICAL TYPHOON LEKIMA HAS GRADUALLY BEGUN IMPACTING PORT OPERATIONS IN EASTERN CHINA AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR AT LEAST TWO DAYS, SOURCES AT ZHOUSHAN, SHANGHAI, QINGDAO, RIZHAO AND YANTAI SAID ON FRIDAY.
MACAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CO., LTD. (CAM) INFORMED MNA TODAY THAT ABOUT 18 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED BETWEEN AUGUST 8 AND 9 DUE TO TYPHOON LEKIMA, FOUR FROM TIGERAIR AND 14 FROM AIR MACAU.
TAIPEI CITY MAYOR KO WEN-JE SPENT THE MORNING OF AUG. 9 AT THE CENTRAL EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, AND ALSO INSPECTED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF TAIPEI MUSIC CENTER. TYPHOON LEKIMA BROUGHT LESS RAIN AND WIND TO TAIPEI THAN ANTICIPATED, AND KO ADMITTED THAT DECLARING A "TYPHOON HOLIDAY" WAS A MISTAKE. HE ADDED THAT HE CAN"T BE BLAMED FOR THE TYPHOON UNEXPECTEDLY VEERING NORTH.
AFP: SUPER TYPHOON LEKIMA BARRELS TOWARDS CHINA
BEIJING, AUG. 7 (XINHUA) -- PROVINCES ON THE EAST CHINA COAST HAVE BEEN BUSY GETTING PREPARED AS LEKIMA, THE NINTH TYPHOON OF THE YEAR, IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARDS TOWARD THE LAND.
DARK CLOUDS PAINT AN OMINOUS PICTURE IN FUZHOU, EAST CHINA"S FUJIAN PROVINCE, AS TYPHOON LEKIMA APPROACHES THE CITY ON AUG 8, 2018. PROVINCES ON THE EAST COAST OF CHINA HAVE BEEN BUSY GETTING PREPARED AS LEKIMA, THE NINTH TYPHOON OF THE YEAR, IS MOVING NORTHWEASTWARDS TOWARD THE MAINLAND.(PHOTO: CHINA NEWS SERVICE/ZHANG BIN)
JTWC SUMMARY: TYPHOON 10W (LEKIMA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 275 NM SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF KADENA AB, HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 071800Z IS 38 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 080300Z, 080900Z, 081500Z AND 082100Z
SATELLITE IMAGE OF TYPHOON HANNA (LEKIMA) IN THE CENTER AND TYPHOON KROSA ON THE RIGHT AS OF AUGUST 9, 2019, 12:50 AM. IMAGE FROM PAGASA
HUGE WAVES, CAUSED BY TYPHOON LEKIMA, POUND THE BEACH IN TAIZHOU, EAST CHINA』S ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, AUG.9, 2019. (PHOTO: CHINA NEWS SERVICE/ JIN YUNGUO)
6:45 P.M. FRIDAY, AUG. 9, JAPAN TIME: U.S. BASES ON OKINAWA HAVE RESUMED SEASONAL TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITION OF READINESS 4. TYPHOON LEKIMA CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWEST AND OUT OF THE AREA AND IS NOT FORECAST TO RETURN. STORM TRACKER IS KEEPING AN EYE ON LEKIMA AS MODEL GUIDANCE AND FORECAST ENSEMBLES INDICATE A CHANCE THAT LEKIMA MIGHT TURN EAST OR SOUTH TOWARD KOREA AND/OR JAPAN NEXT WEEK.
AS OF NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE TYPHOON LEKIMA WILL LIKELY IMPACT SHANGHAI AS IT CHURNS ITS WAY TOWARD CHINA. LEKIMA IS THE 9TH TYPHOON OF THE SEASON.

 

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