Typhoon "Plum Blossom" is expected to land on Zhejiang on the 14th

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 13th. Typhoon Plum Blossom, No. 12 this year, has been moved into the south of the East China Sea in the early morning of the 13th, and strengthened into a strong typhoon level. The Central Meteorological Observatory is expected to land on the afternoon of the 14th from the afternoon of the 14th to night from Wenling, Zhejiang to the coastal area of ​​Zhoushan. It is expected that the strength is a typhoon or strong typhoon level when landing. The Central Meteorological Observatory raised the typhoon warning to an orange warning on the 13th.

In the next 24 hours, the bus Strait, the northern part of the Taiwan Strait, the southwestern part of the Yellow Sea, the waters of the Yellow Sea, most of the East China Sea, and the waters near the Diaoyu Islands, the Yangtze River Estuary District, Hangzhou Bay and the northern part of Taiwan and the eastern coast of Zhejiang There will be 6 to 8 gale in Shanghai coast and southeast coast of Jiangsu, with gusts 9 to 11. Among them, there will be 9 to 11 gale in some waters of the East China Sea. To level 14, gusts can reach level 15 to 16.

In terms of rainfall, in the next three days, there will be heavy rains in northern Taiwan Island, central Zhejiang, Shanghai, central and eastern Jiangsu, eastern Shandong, and eastern Liaoning. There will be heavy rains in some areas. To 300 mm, the local area can exceed 400 mm.

Meteorological experts remind that the typhoon "plum blossom" will also be combined with cold air in the future, bringing strong wind and rainy weather to the eastern coastal areas of East China and the East China Sea and Yellow Sea. Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Liaoning and other places must do a good job of emergency preparations for typhoons. The public in the above areas should reasonably arrange travel plans based on the forecast to avoid traveling during strong winds and rain. In addition, the path of "plum blossoms" has uncertainty after landing. In the later period, stagnation and rotation may occur in the territory of Jiangsu and Anhui, and it is necessary to be alert to the impact of continuous heavy rainfall.

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