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China Renews Yellow Alert as Typhoon Danas Advances Toward Taiwan Strait

Taiwan has activated island-wide land warnings alongside sea alerts for winds exceeding 160 km/h

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Overview

  • The National Meteorological Centre renewed a yellow alert at 5 am on July 6 as Danas strengthened at 21.3° N, 118.1° E moving northeast at 10–15 km/h
  • Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration issued the island-wide land and sea warnings at 2:30 pm local time on July 6 for winds surpassing 160 km/h
  • The Hong Kong Observatory canceled its No. 1 tropical cyclone warning and maintained an extreme heat advisory as the storm shifted farther into the Taiwan Strait
  • Fujian authorities suspended all 193 passenger ferry services along the coast and halted 104 water construction projects by noon Beijing time
  • Danas is forecast to traverse the Taiwan Strait overnight into July 7 before entering the East China Sea and bringing strong gales and heavy rain to coasts from northern Fujian to southern Zhejiang