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Tropical storm Sanvu lands in S. China coast
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-13 17:06

Severe tropical storm Sanvu landed in the coastal areas of south China's Guangdong Province on Saturday noon, bringing rainstorms, local observatory said.

Sanvu, the 10th tropical storm that visited China this year, slapped the Chenghai area in the city of Shantou at 12:45 with powerful gusts, the maximum power of which reached the 12th degree.

The storm will move northwestward at an estimated speed of 20 kilometers per hour and will bring rainstorms to the eastern part of the province, said the observatory.

Guangdong and its neighboring province of Fujian, which may also be affected by Sanvu, the Chinese name for coral, have taken emergency precautionary measures against the tropical storm.

Local residents were told to be on full alert for the storm and all vessels in the open sea have been called back to the ports.

Sanvu came on the heels of typhoon Matsa, which swept through China's eastern coastal areas last week, dumping torrential rains and causing enormous economic losses in the afflicted regions.



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