Preparation is being made in China with respect to super typhoon Yagi, which is set to be one of the strongest storms that have been experienced in the last decade and is expected to impact on Friday afternoon(local time). Forecasts indicate tht there will be strong winds, heavy rainfall and severe flooding in the costs southern provinces of Guadong and Hainan.
Attacks in China’s areas are most likely expected where most cities bans tournaments and office girls are evacuated with over 410,000 people in Hainan. Vessels were strapped down and bans on air, sea, and land travel were imposed.
By Friday afternoon, the most severe effects of the storm had passed south of Hong Kong and this led to the Hong Kong observatory reducing the alert level from the third highest of level 8 of Typhoons to level 3, at 12.40PM. While the storm which had come up quickly from Wednesday night through Thursday melted down a little, it did not stop.
Yagi, or Enteng, is projected to hit directly the Qiongzhou Strait, which is the body of water that lies between Hainan island and the leizhou peninsula that lies in the province of guangdong. The areas of Guagndong and Hainan are expected to be dominated by storms and should not expect bulk picking along the northern borders of Vietnam.
Typhoon warning declared in Shuozhou City.
“The state of typhoon defense is triggered,” Shenzhen’s meteorological bureau issued a tornado alert. “Plans for emergency mobilization shall be activated. But a number of temporary shelters should be opened to the residents who seek the safe place by themselves. Reasonable flexible measures like delays, early dismissal or even stoppage of work by the employees should be undertaken. Fire and rescue teams and other relevant organizations need to stand by in full readiness.”
Hainan official warns of catastrophic damage
Major officials of Hainan, among them Li Xun, Director, Hainan meteorological observatory, pointed out to a looming calamity disaster and demand a large scale readiness to transport people away from Hainan, “Li confirmed that Yagi could pose an unthinkable threat to the northeastern coastal regions of Hainan if it makes landfall and that the evacuation of the people living near the landfall points, in preparation for such eventualities, needs to happen on a war footing”.
The area had not been a stranger to devastating typhoons such as Typhoon Rammasun so far which occurred in July 2014 with winds at 145 mph that resulted in extensive damages and loss of lives in a large extent.
Fishing boats seek refuge
The PHD world records that it is in Gudang where more than 80 thousand fishing vessels fled to Viral due to local government ordering every vessel to come to shore. Cancelation of public places and events have occurred and indoors staying given advisories to people.
Transportation services in Hainan, including airports and intercity rail have been stopped.
Most extreme storm in the last 55 years
Yagi tornado came to be rated the strongest when it recorded 155 mph for wind speeds only a class away from a category 5 and an air pressure of 915 millibars making it the strongest classification storm in the South China Sea in over 55 years. It ranks second as the most powerful storm in the world so far in 2024, coming in after hurricane Beryl from the eastern Caribbean which registered winds of 165 mph.
Till Thursday afternoon, Yagi had regained some strength and predicted maximum sustained winds were expected to reach 115 mph to 130 mph upon landfall making it a category 3 equivalent typhoon.
Possible effects from Yagi
Looking to Yagi therefore it is likely that her chances of a westerly drift will increase which is likely to cause severe devastation to Haikou the 3 million people provincial capital of Hainan province China. There are fears that Haikou could be caught up in the western eyewall of the storm which is the region of strong winds and torrential downpour that surrounds the eye of the typhoon.
Flooding due to storm surge is also probable offshore previously affected seabeds at the center of northern Yagi storms swaying seawater level and excessive atmospheric pressure at least six ft uptown southern Xuwen County. Additional surge impacts were likely to be experienced in Haikou due to the path Yagi took, which could reach Qiongzhou Strait.
Extreme weather events, an emerging threat in China
China, like many other countries, has experienced an increase in severe weather events as a result of global warming. Flooding and extreme heat never endured before have recently occurred in some northwestern and southern provinces of the nation, exposing its frailty. They include the Province of Qinghai experiencing torrential rainfall for the first time since 1954, and a hot spell along the Yangtze River resulted in a delayed school opening because of excessive heat.
14 dead due to storm in Philippines
Earlier in the week, Yagi took 14 lives in the Philippines.
