Tropical storm Man-Yi has evolved into super typhoon Thursday
afternoon and is expected to lash at the southeastern water of the
East China Sea by Friday afternoon, according to the China Central
Meteorological Station.
Meteorologists said that the typhoon, with its center
registering a maximum wind of 55 meters per second, may continue to
reinforce.
The eastern coast of Taiwan, central and northern coasts of Zhejiang, the estuary of the Yangtze River and
the west water of the East China Sea are expected to experience a
wind scale of 9 to 12.
The wind scale in the areas swept by the center of the Man-Yi
may reach 13 to 17.
The Shanghai Meteorological Center has alerted the residents of
Zhejiang of the approach of the typhoon which first formed into
tropical storm on Monday from the east of the Philippines.
On August 10 last year, super typhoon Saomai, with its center
registering a maximum wind of 60 meters per second, hit Zhejiang
and neighboring Fujian provinces, killing at least 483
people.
(Xinhua News Agency July 13, 2007)