Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Posted on 07/08/2006 8:04:36 PM PDT by bd476
BEIJING - China evacuated more than 7,600 people from their homes near the eastern city of Ningbo as a typhoon skirted the coast on Sunday, heading for South Korea.
Evacuations were also under way in other cities of Zhejiang province, including Taizhou, Zhoushan and Wenzhou, Xinhua news agency said.
More than 8,000 ships had returned to harbor in Ningbo, south of Shanghai, and Zhoushan.
Typhoon Ewiniar was heading almost due north and was expected to make landfall on the Korean peninsula on Monday, the Hong Kong Observatory said on Saturday night.
Neat link. Is there a similar one for hurricanes in the Western Hemisphere (USA)?
So it's possibly going to drill NK?
Perfect!
It may hit South Korea then decrease in intensity as it moves North.
You're having quite a busy weather day. :)
Probably, but it would be poetic justice if Kim had to deal with a Typhoon direct hit.
And I'm only interested in seeing him and his military suffer the consequences, not the NK civilians, as ignorant and oppressed as they already are.
Of course this is a bush created strom. it's bush's fault you know.
LOL, sure seems like it.
His method of dealing with it would be to save his own skin. A direct hit on the rockets and rocket launchers would be wonderful.
Try here.
Thanks!
Taipei Times
Ewiniar bringing more heavy rain
By Shelley Shan
STAFF REPORTER
Sunday, Jul 09, 2006,Page 2
The Central Weather Bureau yesterday issued a heavy rainfall warning for central and southern Taiwan as Typhoon Ewiniar, the third typhoon so far this year, nears Taiwan.
The heavy rain that began on Friday night, brought by air currents from the southwest accompanying the typhoon, flooded large areas of agricultural land in Kaohsiung and damaged crops.
The temperature in Ilan County reached 38.8?C yesterday afternoon owing to a foehn wind, a warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature increases as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. It is classified as a katabatic wind caused by an approaching typhoon.
The bureau has been closely monitoring the typhoon's changes of course over the past few days and has predicted that it is unlikely to make landfall in Taiwan. However, on Friday night it issued a sea warning.
As of 5:30pm yesterday, the center of the typhoon was located approximately 450km from the coastline of Ilan County. It was moving at a speed of 19kph to 23 kph in a northwesterly direction.
A young boy in Kaohsiung rides his bicycle during heavy rains brought by Typhoon
Ewiniar yesterday, the third typhoon so far this year. The heavy rain flooded large areas of
agricultural land and damaged crops in Kaohsiung.
PHOTO: HUANG HSU-LEI, TAIPEI TIMES
The bureau had not lifted the sea warning as of press time.
According to the bureau, heavy rain is expected today in Pingtung, Kaohsiung, Tainan and Chiayi counties.
The bureau further warned the public to avoid any activity off the east coast today as waves will be bigger and more powerful than normal. Low-lying areas of southwest Taiwan have also been alerted to the possibility of flooding. This story has been viewed 75 times.
Ewiniar bringing more heavy rain
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