BEIJING: Typhoon Chaba weakened right into a tropical depression, however it is still expected to provide heavy rain within the central and eastern part of China over the next few days because it moves northward, Chinese language forecasters said on Monday (Jul 4).
The Central Meteorological Observatory lifted the typhoon blue warning on Chaba late on Sunday, but over the weekend China’s first typhoon of the year bought heavy rainfall and wind to many southern provinces already water-logged from weeks of torrential rains and thunderstorms.
As of early Mon morning, the center of Chaba was located in the southern region of Guangxi. It is expected to move around in a north-easterly direction at a speed associated with 10 to 15kmh into Hunan and Hubei provinces, the particular China Meteorological Management said.
The particular Meteorological Station in the city of Jingzhou within Hubei province issued a “red alert” for rainstorm on 8. 45am, after towns and villages in the southwest of Shishou saw more than 40mm of precipitation. There could still be more than 60mm of precipitation in the south of Shishou later in the morning, forecasters predict.
A red rainstorm alert was also issued for the city of Dongguan in Guangdong state. In the Guangxi area, local forecasters released red rainstorm warning signals for Bobai and Luchuan counties, expecting heavy rainfall for most of the early morning.
From Mon to Wednesday, forecasters predict heavy rainfall and some strong winds in Guangdong province, the Guangxi region, and Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, plus Shandong provinces.
Strong rainfall is usually expected in North China and Northeast China, and other places through early in a few days.
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