Beijing: China today issued the highest "red alert" and cancelled hundreds of flights and trains as it braced for violent gales and heavy rains accompanying Typhoon Meranti, which is expected to hit its southern coast.
The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre (NMEFC) issued the alert as gales and waves up to 12-metres high were observed off the eastern coast of Taiwan, where the typhoon didn't make landfall.
Meranti - the strongest typhoon to hit China in years - was likely to hit the coast of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. It comes just over two months after the deadly typhoon Nepartak cut power and grounded flights across China.
The typhoon is likely to make landfall in Fujian and Guangdong tomorrow and the State Oceanic Administration has initiated a class-II emergency response, the second-highest level.
Li Mei, a meteorologist in eastern China's Fujian, said that Meranti is among the strongest typhoon to hit China in recent years.
"The typhoon will bring gales and heavy rains when it makes landfall," Li said. "Parents are advised to keep the children indoors and stay away from unsafe houses and advertising boards."
According to Chen Jianping, an official with Guangzhou Railway Group, services of many passenger trains have been stopped.
Under China's four-tier severe weather warning system, red is the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre (NMEFC) issued the alert as gales and waves up to 12-metres high were observed off the eastern coast of Taiwan, where the typhoon didn't make landfall.
Meranti - the strongest typhoon to hit China in years - was likely to hit the coast of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. It comes just over two months after the deadly typhoon Nepartak cut power and grounded flights across China.
The typhoon is likely to make landfall in Fujian and Guangdong tomorrow and the State Oceanic Administration has initiated a class-II emergency response, the second-highest level.
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Li Mei, a meteorologist in eastern China's Fujian, said that Meranti is among the strongest typhoon to hit China in recent years.
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"The typhoon will bring gales and heavy rains when it makes landfall," Li said. "Parents are advised to keep the children indoors and stay away from unsafe houses and advertising boards."
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According to Chen Jianping, an official with Guangzhou Railway Group, services of many passenger trains have been stopped.
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Under China's four-tier severe weather warning system, red is the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
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