Typhoon Rumbia sweeps into E. China

Weather observatory warning of higher levels of rainfall and risks of flooding

Chinese meteorologists renewed a typhoon yellow alert, the second-lowest of a four-tier warning system, on Thursday as Typhoon Rumbia approached East China and is expected to pack winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour near its eye, according to the national observatory.

Rumbia was expected to land sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning between Xiangshan, Zhejiang province, and Shanghai. It will be the fourth typhoon to land in the Yangtze River Delta this year, the National Meteorological Center said.