China Braces for Back-to-Back Typhoons this Week

By Matthew Bossons

Typhoon season continues in the western Pacific Ocean this week with Typhoon Sarika and Typhoon Haima likely to impact China in the coming days.

Sarika, the 21st typhoon of the year, maintained a yellow alert Sunday, the second lowest notice in the four-tier typhoon warning system.
According to the National Meteorological Center (NMC), the storm is expected to bring rain and wind to the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan early this week, after unleashing its fury on the Philippine island of Luzon – which experienced flooding and wind damage this weekend.

Despite the fact it has not yet made landfall, Typhoon Sarika has already been credited with severe flooding – and 21 deaths – in Vietnam, according to BBC. The storm is expected to make landfall sometime today and have the equivalent strength to a Category 2 hurricane in the Atlantic.
And, if one typhoon in a week simply isn’t enough, Typhoon Haima is projected to hit China later in the week. The storm, according to The Weather Channel, may become a super typhoon (sustained gusts of 150 miles per hour or higher) before hitting the Philippines, Taiwan and southern China.

Local governments are being urged by the NMC to prepare against potential geological disasters.

[Images via AccuWeather, The Weather Channel]

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