The tropical low pressure which formed near Nansha Islands in
South China Sea on Wednesday intensified into a tropical storm, the
sixth of the kind, early on Saturday.
That will bring along showers in southern parts of Guangdong, and torrential rains in the western
parts of the province in the forthcoming three days, which will
help ease off the hot weather in the province, said Lin Liangshun,
chief forecaster with Guangzhou Central Observatory.
According to Lin, the eye of the tropical storm moved to the
maritime waters 13.9 degrees north latitude and 112.5 degrees east
longitude, or about 580 km to the southeast of Sanya of Hainan Province, by 8?AM on Saturday,
packing up a strong wind at a speed of 65 kilometers per hour in
the nearby areas.
And the tropical storm continues to move northwestwardly and was
expected to reach the offshore waters to the southern parts of
Hainan, which is separated away from Guangdong Province by
Qiongzhou Strait.
Most parts of Guangdong have been thrown under a spell of high
temperature on Friday and Saturday. The temperature in 59 cities
and counties in Guangdong were monitored to be above 35 degrees
Celsius, and Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong, on
Friday had the hottest weather of this summer, with the temperature
recorded at 36.9 degrees Celsius.
(Xinhua News Agency August 4, 2007)
