Guangdong issues sea warning
( 2003-08-25 16:24) (Xinhua)
South China's Guangdong Province has issued sea warnings as Typhoon Krovanh
arrived at Qianshan Town of Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, around 6:15 a.m. on
Monday after passing by Wenchang of the Hainan Island to the south.
The Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Observatory said that when the
typhoon landed, the maximum wind force was monitored at 33 meters per second,
and the lowest air pressure was 965 per 100 pascal. By 7 a.m., it was centered
at 20.4 degrees north altitude and 110.3 degrees east longitude inside Xuwen
County.
Meteorological experts predicted that Krovanh would continue tomove
northwestward and enter Beibu Gulf after sweeping through theLeizhou Peninsula
in southern Guangdong by noon. It might also reach the border of Guangxi
Province and Vietnam, they said.
Krovanh brought strong winds to the central and western areas of Guangdong as
well as heavy rains in Zhanjiang City and other areas of southwestern Guangdong,
said the observatory.
According to the forecast, there will be more torrential rains in the
southwestern areas of Guangdong, and more strong winds in Leizhou Peninsula, the
Qiongzhou Strait, sea waters to the west ofGuangdong and around the estuary of
the Pearl River.
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