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FUZHOU - East China's Fujian province activated a Level III emergency response for Saola, the ninth typhoon this year, at 10 am Tuesday, reported Xinhua.
The typhoon will likely bring gales and heavy rain to the province as it approaches the coastal areas from southern Fujian to eastern Guangdong, a southern Chinese province.
At 8 am Tuesday, Saola was observed over the ocean, about 460 km southeast of Eluanbi in Taiwan.
It is expected to move northwest at about 10 km per hour and is likely to make landfall in coastal areas of eastern Guangdong Friday evening and Saturday morning, or to move west by south near the waters in eastern Guangdong, according to the latest meteorological data.
Fujian's provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters have asked fishing boats in the affected waters to return to ports for shelter, with all people aboard to go ashore before Wednesday noon. Meanwhile, all Fujian's coastal aquaculture workers must be evacuated ashore. - BERNAMA