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South China Morning Post
5 days ago
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- South China Morning Post
Chinese boy rescued after drifting on paddleboard amid typhoon
A 10-year-old boy went into the sea with a paddleboard with his friends when typhoon Wutip hit southern China's Hainan province. The teenager later got stuck and drifted for five hours before being rescued.
South China Morning Post
7 days ago
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Tropical Storm Wutip: Hong Kong's T3 signal to stay in place for early afternoon
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP's journalism by subscribing . New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. A No 3 typhoon warning will remain in force in Hong Kong throughout the early afternoon on Sunday, with local winds expected to ease slightly later in the day, the city's forecaster has said. The Hong Kong Observatory said that Tropical Storm Wutip continued to weaken and move over inland Guangdong on Sunday morning, but its outer rainbands were bringing squally showers to the coast, and strong winds were still affecting many parts of the city. 'Depending on the change in local wind conditions and the extent of weakening of Wutip, the Observatory will consider issuing the standby signal No 1 or replacing the tropical cyclone warning signal with a strong monsoon signal,' it said. The forecaster said that while Wutip, the Cantonese word for 'butterfly', is expected to dissipate by Monday or Tuesday, an active southwesterly airstream could bring heavy showers to the Guangdong coast. It warned Hongkongers to avoid the shoreline and refrain from engaging in water sports as the seas were rough with swells.
South China Morning Post
14-06-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Severe Tropical Storm Wutip: Hong Kong to issue T3 signal between 12pm and 2pm
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP's journalism by subscribing . New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong's weather forecaster will issue the No 3 typhoon warning signal between 12pm and 2pm on Saturday, as strong winds from a severe tropical storm are expected to intensify later. Severe Tropical Storm Wutip, the Cantonese word for 'butterfly', has entered within 800km (497 miles) of Hong Kong, but it is expected to make landfall later in the day. At 8am, it was estimated to be about 590km west-southwest of the city and is forecast to move northeast at about 18km/h (11mph), across Beibu Wan and towards Leizhou Peninsula. 'Its outer circulation brought squally showers to the coast of Guangdong. Wutip is expected to make landfall over Leizhou Peninsula [on Saturday]. It will then move across the vicinity of the boundary of Guangdong-Guangxi,' the Hong Kong Observatory said. 'The strong winds associated with Wutip are expected to gradually prevail over the vicinity of the Pearl River Estuary. Winds will strengthen over the territory later [on Saturday], and up to gale force on high ground,' the forecaster warned, adding it would issue the No 3 signal between noon and 2pm.
South China Morning Post
13-06-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Severe Tropical Storm Wutip: Hong Kong's T1 to remain in force for most of Friday
The Hong Kong Observatory has said the No 1 typhoon warning signal will remain in force for most of Friday, as the storm edges slightly away from the city. The forecaster said in a special weather warning at 8am on Friday that Severe Tropical Storm Wutip intensified on Thursday night but had taken a slightly westward path away from Hong Kong. 'The standby signal No 1 will remain in force for most of the time [on Friday],' it said. 'The Observatory will assess [between Friday night and Saturday morning] the need for issuing the strong wind signal No 3.' Wutip, which is named after the Cantonese word for 'butterfly', will skirt the western part of Hainan Island on Friday and move towards Beibu Wan to Leizhou Peninsula, maintaining a distance of more than 500km (310 miles) from Hong Kong. But the forecaster said winds were likely to strengthen gradually across the city during the daytime on Friday, later reaching up to gale force levels at higher ground.
The Independent
12-06-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
China braces for heavy rainfall as typhoon Wutip set to make landfall
China is bracing for typhoon Wutip, the first storm of the year to make landfall in the country, with strong winds and torrential rainfall expected to hit Hainan and Guangdong provinces on Friday. Wutip, currently classified as a tropical storm, is forecast to intensify to a severe tropical storm with wind speeds of 25-30 metres per second as it approaches the coast of Hainan. As of Thursday morning, the storm's centre was located around 205km southeast of Sanya in Hainan and was moving northwest at 10km per hour. China 's National Meteorological Centre reported "the typhoon formed at 8am in the South China Sea" and was set to gradually strengthen while tracking towards the southern coast. It's expected to make landfall between Lingshui and Ledong early on Friday before moving further inland into western Guangdong or Guangxi on 14 June. "Wutip will move across the western part of southern China afterwards, slightly edging closer to the vicinity of the Pearl River Estuary,' according to the Hong Kong Observatory. Wutip is on course to be the first typhoon to make landfall in China in 2025 but the storm's formation is two months later than the average date of 25 March, based on NMC data from 1991 to 2020, Global Times noted. It is however forecast to reach the coast earlier than the typical first landfall date of 27 June. Authorities have issued an emergency response alert, with working groups dispatched to Hainan and Guangdong to assist with disaster prevention efforts. The meteorological service and ocean monitoring centre in Hainan have also issued a blue wave warning, the lowest of the four-tier typhoon warning system. "Wind and rainfall will gradually intensify in Hainan, Guangdong, and other regions in the following three days," the Chinese meteorological authorities said on Wednesday, warning of possible secondary disasters including flash floods and mudslides in small and medium-sized rivers. Heavy rainfall is expected from Wednesday to Saturday across southern China, with parts of central and eastern Hainan forecast to receive 100 to 150mm of rain. In the mountainous regions, localised rainfall could reach up to 300mm. The forecast warns that as Wutip moves inland and interacts with a cold front, areas such as Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu may experience intensified rainfall. Rail services in several provinces have been disrupted. The Guangzhou Railway Group has suspended all services on the Hainan Ring High-Speed Rail from 4pm on 12 June to 8am on 14 June. Trains on the Shenzhen-Zhanjiang and Guangmao railways have also been affected. Wutip is the fifth-latest first-named storm of the West Pacific typhoon season. The only later ones include Nichole in July 1998, Nepartak in July 2016, Wilda in July 1973 and Sarah in June 1983. The region typically sees 26 named storms each year, compared to 14 in the Atlantic.
