Typhoon Sanba Brings Heavy Rain To China

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Guangzhou: The 16th typhoon of this year ‘Typhoon Sanba’ made landfall in the coastal areas of Zhanjiang City, south China’s Guangdong Province, at around 9:45 a.m. on Friday, informed local meteorological service.

Under the influence of Sanba, heavy and severe rainfall affected its coastal areas, including the cities of Maoming, Zhanjiang and Yangjiang, stated Guangdong Meteorological Service.

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It is the second landfall the typhoon has made in China, after the first one was made in one of the coastal areas of south China’s Hainan Province on Thursday.

On early Friday, Maoming’s hydrological department issued the first red flood alert of the year, the highest alert in China’s four-tier colour-coded weather warning system.