China renews second-highest alert for Typhoon In-Fa

Source: Xinhua| 2021-07-25 21:07:54|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- China's national observatory on Sunday continued its orange alert for Typhoon In-Fa, which made landfall in east China's Zhejiang Province at around Sunday noon.

At 5 p.m. Sunday, the center of Typhoon In-Fa was in the district of Dinghai, Zhoushan City, or at a latitude of 30.0 degrees north and a longitude of 122.2 degrees east. It packed a gale of 38 meters per second, according to the National Meteorological Center.

Moving northwestward at about 10 km per hour, In-Fa will make another landfall in coastal areas from Pinghu in Zhejiang Province to Pudong in Shanghai, the center reported.

From Sunday evening to Monday evening, the typhoon will likely bring gale-force winds and rainstorms to regions including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.

China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue. Enditem

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