900.000 mensen evacueren, dat zijn er nogal wat.quote:Typhoon kills eight in China, 99 fishermen missing
Bron : Reuters.com
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A typhoon slammed into south China on Thursday killing eight people and forcing the evacuation of more than 900,000, Xinhua news agency said, while Vietnam was searching for 99 fishermen missing at sea.
Typhoon Chanchu, packing heavy rain and winds up to 170 kph (106 mph), made landfall between the cities of Shantou and Xiamen in the early morning, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
China's coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian took the full brunt of the storm.
Eight people were killed in Shantou, where Chanchu, the strongest typhoon on record to enter the South China Sea in May, triggered house collapses and landslides, Xinhua said.
Two children were among the dead, Xinhua reported, quoting local government sources.
Almost all roads in Shantou were flooded and there were several blackouts, Xinhua said, adding downpours in Fujian had led to flooding in a number of rivers.
State television news said Chanchu had been downgraded to a tropical storm and was heading northeast at a speed of only 25 kph but it would still bring strong rainfall to China's eastern provinces, including financial hub Shanghai.
Vietnam's National Search and Rescue Center, in a bulletin carried by the Voice of Vietnam radio station, said 99 fishermen aboard 11 ships last made radio contact on Wednesday morning some 160 nautical miles south of Hainan island, then in the storm's path.
Pham Quoc Te, a senior official at the center, said the coast guard and navy were leading a rescue mission, and officials had contacted authorities in China and Hong Kong for help.
"Because the typhoon is still very strong at the moment, it will take time for rescue teams to locate and approach the missing ships," Te told Reuters.
Typhoons, drawing strength from warm water, roar into China from the South China Sea every year between May and September, losing power once they make landfall.
Xinhua said more than 900,000 people in Guangdong and Fujian had been evacuated in the path of Chanchu, which killed at least 37 people when it swept through the Philippines at the weekend.
The eye of the storm crossed the Chinese coast halfway between Hong Kong and Taiwan, both often the victims of direct hits.
An ore-carrying Belgian ship with eight crew members was stranded offshore and a Chinese rescue vessel was expected to reach it on Thursday, state television said.
In Taiwan, rescuers winched to safety the crew of an oil tanker that had run aground off the coast of Kaoshiung after being hit by a large wave, television footage showed.
In the Philippines, Chanchu killed at least 37 people last weekend and "affected" about 53,300 people in wide areas of Luzon and the Visayas, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.
En die mensen hebben het al zo goed.quote:Eerste tropische storm in Caribisch gebied
MIAMI - Boven de Golf van Mexico is de eerste tropische storm van het Atlantische orkanenseizoen ontstaan. Dat heeft het orkanencentrum van de Amerikaanse weerkundige dienst zondag bekendgemaakt. De storm, die de naam Alberto heeft gekregen, koerst af op de westkust van de Amerikaanse staat Florida. Naar verwachting zal de tropische storm dinsdag over Florida trekken. Het orkanencentrum in Miami voorspelt voor de komende twee dagen veel neerslag.
Alberto heeft de westkust van Cuba al geteisterd met hevige regen. Cica 26.000 mensen moesten hun huizen tijdelijk verlaten. Op sommige plaatsen is meer dan 50 centimeter water gevallen. Vooral het eiland Juventud is getroffen. Rond het oog worden windsnelheden waargenomen van ruim 75 kilometer per uur. De storm verplaatst zich met een snelheid van 15 kilometer per uur richting de Amerikaanse kust.
Het Atlantische orkanenseizoen is op 1 juni begonnen en loopt door tot eind november. Het seizoen van 2005 was het zwaarste sinds de weerkundige dienst in de VS gegevens bijhoudt. Er ontstonden in het westen van de Atlantische Oceaan 28 tropische stormen, waarvan er vijftien uitgroeiden tot orkanen.
Mjah... heb ik al genoeg over gezegd... ga ut nie nog eens doenquote:Op maandag 12 juni 2006 22:03 schreef highway101 het volgende:
waarom zijn er eigenlijk 2 topics over? [WFL] Hurricane Season 2006
daar zou deze dus voor moeten zijn... want anders snap ik het echt niet meer...quote:Op maandag 12 juni 2006 22:20 schreef highway101 het volgende:
okay. Al vermoedt ik dat bij een Rita/Katrina-achtige, daar wel een nieuw topic over zal komen
Nou, hij gaat wel een paar keer geheel of gedeeltelijk over land (Cuba, Haiti), en over land nemen ze over het algemeen niet in kracht toe. Boven open zee kan hij/zij snel uitgroeien, zoals je destijds met Rita en Katrina zag.quote:Op zondag 27 augustus 2006 16:07 schreef aloa het volgende:
Ik ben benieuwd hoe zwaar deze eerste orkaan wordt.
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However, the NHC is forecasting Ernesto to reach hurricane strength once it hits the water again tomorrow (after coming off of Cuba) and they note that there is concern that Ernesto could strengthen much more if it gets over the bath-water quicker than forecast. This puts south Florida at quite a disadvantage as far as what to expect. I must emphasize that the NHC forecaster states that upperl level conditions would be "very favorable" just as Ernesto approaches the Florida coast. The risk is huge- we can hope that the storm remains weak and does not get that chance to become an intense hurricane- but it can happen and people in south Florida need to be ready for that possibility. Once Ernesto moves inland, it will spread heavy rain and destructive winds northward in to major population areas of Florida. Again, how strong it is when it hits will make a huge difference in what the remainder of the peninsula can expect.quote:
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