This Sunday, Macau raised its tropical storm alert level to signal eight and warned of the probability of flooding in low-lying areas of the city.
Around 4:00 p.m. local time (9:00 a.m. Lisbon), Typhoon Koinu was located about 90 kilometers southeast of the territory, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Services (SMG).
“It is expected that between dawn and Monday morning flooding may occur in low areas with a height of less than 0.5 m,” indicates a statement from the same services, noting that “the wind in the region is expected to increase.” intensify”.
The SMG also indicates that the probability that signal nine will be broadcast in the early hours of Monday is “moderate.”
The tropical storm warning scale is made up of signals one, three, eight, nine and ten, the emission depending on the proximity of the storm and the intensity of the wind.
In September 2018, Typhoon Mangkhut caused 40 injuries and severe flooding in the territory. A year before, Hato caused ten deaths and 240 injuries.
Tropical Storm Koinu, which means “dog” in Japanese, killed one person in Taiwan, where the strongest winds ever recorded on the island were felt.
A weather monitoring station on Orchid Island, an island in the Taiwanese archipelago with around five thousand inhabitants, measured a gust of 342.7 kilometers per hour at 9:53 p.m. (2:53 p.m. in Lisbon), as well as sustained winds. which reached 198.7. kilometers per hour at 9:40 p.m. (2:40 p.m. local time).
Source: TSF
