EDIS Number: TC-20140719-44595-CHN
Date / time: 19/07/2014 04:25:25 [UTC]
Event: Tropical Storm
Area: Asia
Country: China
State/County: Province of Hainan
Location: [Coastal area]
Number of Deads: N/A
Number of Injured: N/A
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: N/A
Description:
Super Typhoon Rammasun slammed onto shore in southeast China this morning, bringing extreme wind, torrential rain, and causing dangerous landslides to a population of millions. The eye wall of the typhoon made landfall at 3:30 pm local time in China's Hainan Province. Clocking sustained winds of 155 mph and gusts up to 175 mph, Rammasun is now one of the strongest typhoons to make landfall in mainland China on record. The typhoon has weakened slightly after landfall, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, but nonetheless remains a dangerous storm. The China Meteorological Administration issued its first "red" weather warning of the year as the dangerous typhoon approached. After a period of weakening as it passed through the Philippines earlier this week, Rammasun (which means "thunder of god") began to rapidly re-intensify over the warm waters of the South China Sea, and fears of a disaster in China began to build. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded the storm to a super typhoon, with winds greater than 150 mph, early on Friday.
