Tropical depression brings rain to Guangdong, 19 cities and counties issue typhoon warnings
Original headline: Heavy rain approaching, 19 cities and counties in Guangdong issue typhoon warnings
10:59 2016-5-27 Real-time distribution map of typhoon warning signals in Guangdong Province (Network illustration: Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Bureau)
The reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters that the monsoon cloud cluster originally over the sea surface near the Xisha Islands developed into a tropical depression at 14:00 on May 26, and is expected to make landfall along the coastal area from Jiangmen to Maoming between noon and the first half of the night on May 27, bringing a new round of heavy rainfall. The provincial government attaches great importance to the current defense work. Vice Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Deng Haiguang instructed that all localities and departments must carefully deploy, implement the main responsibilities of each locality, and refine contingency plans and measures to ensure the safety of people's lives and property. The Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters issued a notice on May 26, requiring all localities to strengthen duty shifts and on-call staffing, and to activate emergency responses in a timely manner in accordance with the plans.
According to monitoring, at 14:00 on the 26th, the center of the tropical depression was located on the sea surface of the northwestern South China Sea, about 440 kilometers east-southeast of Yangjiang, with a maximum wind force near the center of force 6 (12 m/s). It is expected to move northwestward at a speed of 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, maintain or slightly increase in intensity, and make landfall along the coastal area from Jiangmen to Maoming at tropical depression intensity between noon and the first half of the night on the 27th. Affected by this, from the night of the 26th to the daytime of the 27th, cities and counties in western Guangdong, eastern Guangdong, and southern parts of the Pearl River Delta will experience heavy rain to rainstorms with localized severe rainstorms, accompanied by short-duration gales of force 8 or above during thunderstorms; from the night of the 27th to the 28th, most cities and counties in western Guangdong will have moderate to heavy rain with localized rainstorms, among which Maoming Xinyi will have heavy rain to rainstorms from the afternoon of the 27th to the evening of the 28th.
Yangcheng Evening News reporters noted that as of 0:02 today, 19 cities and counties in Guangdong, including Yangjiang, Taishan, Zhanjiang, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai, had issued typhoon warning signals.
The Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters emphasized that the situation for disaster prevention and resistance across the province, especially in western Guangdong and northern Guangdong, which were more severely affected earlier, will become more severe. All localities and relevant departments must strictly implement the 24-hour duty system and implement various targeted defense measures in advance. Coastal areas west of Shanwei must strengthen safety supervision of fishing boats operating in affected sea areas, tourism, angling, leisure and other vessels, personnel working at sea such as aquaculture workers, and tourists in coastal scenic areas.
Guangzhou weather reminder
Today and tomorrow, affected by the tropical depression, the whole city will have a precipitation process of heavy rain with localized rainstorms, accompanied by lightning and short-duration gales of force 8 to 9; wind force at Guangzhou Port will gradually increase to force 5 to 6, with gusts of force 7. (Yangcheng Evening News report by reporters Zhang Aili and Liu Yong, correspondent Yue Shuixuan)
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