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With super typhoon winds, Yagi whirls towards Southern China
"Southern Chinese provinces and cities braced for the arrival of super TyphoonYagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along Hainan's subtropical coast in what could be the most powerful storm to hit China in years.
It has more than doubled its strength since devastating northern Philippines earlier this week."
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/southern-china-braces-super-typhoon-yagi-2024-09-05/
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"Scientists say that typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones in general have become stronger due to #ClimateChange. This is because warmer ocean waters allow storms to pick up more energy leading to higher wind speeds.
A study published in July this year also revealed that tropical cyclones in Southeast Asia are now forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly, and lingering longer over land."
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/09/11/typhoon-yagi-is-the-strongest-storm-in-asia-this-year-is-climate-change-to-blame
#TyphoonYagi
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"About a third of Myanmar’s 55 million people are already in need of humanitarian aid amid a conflict triggered by a coup in February 2021 in which the military unseated the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi."
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/9/18/hundreds-killed-in-floods-as-typhoon-yagi-wreaks-havoc-in-myanmar
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"Industrial production in several northern provinces [of #Vietnam] was halted, 235,000 houses were damaged and more than 300,000 hectares of rice and cash crops were inundated."
And a possible new typhoon is forming.
"The possible new storm would approach the central city of Danang late on Thursday or early Friday, according to the weather agency."
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"#TyphoonYagi's impact has been severe. In northern #Vietnam, the storm caused widespread destruction, including significant flooding and infrastructure damage. In total, Vietnam has reported 14 deaths, with more than 150 people injured."
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"At least 20 people are thought to have been killed in the Philippines and four more in southern China. Dozens are still missing amid destroyed bridges, landslides and flooding. Millions across the region were left without power and many have been forced to flee their homes. "
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/09/11/typhoon-yagi-is-the-strongest-storm-in-asia-this-year-is-climate-change-to-blame
#TyphoonYagi
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"Hong Kong ground to a halt on Thursday as #SuperTyphoonYagi edged closer to the city and prompted the first No 8 storm warning of the year, forcing class suspensions, flight cancellations and the scaling back of public transport services to the bare minimum."
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400,000 evacuated from Hainan island.
"Asia’s strongest storm this year is also forcing tens of thousands of people to hunker down in neighbouring #Vietnam, where it is expected to hit over the weekend.
Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Authority said four airports in the north, including Hanoi’s Noi Bai International, would be closed on Saturday.
#Laos is also expected to be affected by Yagi."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/6/china-evacuates-400000-as-super-typhoon-yagi-barrels-towards-hainan
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