Typhoon Jangmi expected to land in east China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-28 00:05

FUZHOU -- Super-strong Typhoon Jangmi is expected to slam into southeast China's Fujian Province on Monday, just days after Typhoon Hagupit killed at least 17 people, local meteorological authorities said on Saturday.

According to the Fujian Provincial Observatory, Jangmi will hit Taiwan between Sunday evening and Monday morning before its landfall in Fujian.

Jangmi is the strongest typhoon this year, packing winds of up to 234 km per hour.

Meteorologists said it's moving northwest at a speed of 25 km per hour.

It is expected to bring torrential rain and high winds to Fujian and the neighboring Zhejiang Province.

Local authorities called vessels to harbor and issued warnings of possible floods and landslides.

The approach of Jangmi, the 15th typhoon this year, suspended navigation across the Taiwan Straits Saturday because of strong winds and waves.

Rough water was already a problem on Saturday. Chinese rescuers saved 37 sailors aboard two foreign-registered vessels that encountered mechanical failure during strong winds off the coast of southern Guangdong Province.

Earlier this week, Hagupit, the 14th strong typhoon this year, landed in Maoming, Guangdong, on Wednesday morning. It killed 17 people in the southern city of Yangjiang alone.

Hagupit left China on Thursday morning and moved into Vietnam as a severe tropical storm. In Vietnam, landslides and flooding caused by Hagupit claimed more than 20 lives.