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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — A number of Chinese departments held a meeting on Saturday to coordinate precautions as Typhoon Wutip (Butterfly), the first typhoon of the year, approaches and is expected to bring heavy rains to the country’s southern regions.
Typhoon Wutip made landfall near Dongfang in southern China’s Hainan Province on Friday evening. It made a second landfall around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, when it hit the west coast of Leizhou in Guangdong Province, north of Hainan.
Typhoon Wutip may cause prolonged, widespread and intense winds and rainfall, greatly increasing the risk of natural disasters, according to China’s National Flood and Drought Control Headquarters. The agency urged relevant departments and local authorities to remain highly vigilant.
The department has dispatched three task forces to Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to coordinate disaster prevention efforts, and more than 3,000 local firefighters have been sent to the front lines.
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management has put its emergency response forces and aviation on alert in case of possible natural disasters.
Due to heavy rains caused by the typhoon, China’s Ministry of Water Resources has activated a Level 4 emergency response for floods in east China’s Zhejiang Province.
The agency also called on local authorities to closely monitor weather changes and use hydraulic structures to ensure the safety of people’s lives and their property. -0-