Typhoon Hagupit makes landfall in Zhejiang

BEIJING -- Hagupit, the fourth typhoon of this year, landed in East China's Zhejiang province in the wee hours of Tuesday, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said.

Hagupit landed on the coastal areas of Yueqing city, a county-level city under the administration of the city of Wenzhou, at around 3:30 am, packing winds of 38 meters per second near its center.

It brought torrential rains to Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, with gales forecast in areas in the western and southern parts of the East China Sea, the waters near Diaoyu Island, the Yangtze River Estuary, Hangzhou Bay, as well as the coastal areas of Zhejiang and northeastern Fujian.