Superstorms Fuzhou

Posted by: MrTyphoon, 2:31 AM GMT on सप्टेंबर 19, 2010

September 19 10:30 Beijing time.

Reporting from Xiamen.

Typhoon Fanapi is but hours away from landfall....now its sunny with a few clouds over head, and gentle sea breezes.

From the satellite imagery it is seen that Fanapi is a tightly packed small typhoon. So I would forecast Fanapi to be hitting south Fujian rather suddenly - that is without much pre-empt of a storm coming.

South Fujian Cities - Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Putian, and Ruijing.

Experts have indicated that it may remain strong after its landfall at Taiwan, and turn a little southward because of that landfall.

This is something worth noting for the residents of south Fujian as they can expect a level 2 storm at their doorsteps this evening.

Will report more as the storm nears.

10:30pm same day.....

Over previous 12 hours....

Wind gusts peaked to 12.4mph and highest steady wind speed over 30 minute period was 6.2mph.

Around 7:30pm drizzle lasting 1 hour, then dissipated.

Storm looks to be missing Xiamen.

8:30 am next morning.....

Storm started picking up around 5am.

Got kitted up grabbed digital camera and headed down (on foot) to the sea side.

Wind speeds then were 15 to 21 mph steady (constant), and gusts up to 35 mph at half minute intervals.

Was a rough walk to the beach, approx. two and a half miles away from my home.

Trees breaking, iron sheets peeling off signs and buckling at wild speeds down the street, street rubbish containers being ripped out of the ground by sudden wind gusts, and more....Some parts of my walk were quite dangerous.

Got to the seaside a little worse for wear and encountered a couple of photographers there snapping pics (as I was about to do but for different purposes).

The sea swells would often overflow onto the grass verge showering all there in sea water.

Now.....8:30, wind speeds have dropped and have occasional gusts between 5 and 10 mph.

Light showers now, no flooding to report from the area that I covered (Ruijing and Qianpu districts of Xiamen), and a massive city clean up will be starting in coming few hours.

I will be posting the pics taken of my trek to the seaside here in a couple hours....Firstly I need some coffee and rest...feeling quite exhausted in a happy sort of way :)

Pics have been posted....

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Updated: 4:01 AM GMT on सप्टेंबर 20, 2010

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Well its been awhile...

Posted by: MrTyphoon, 7:44 AM GMT on सप्टेंबर 01, 2010

Looks like my typhoon coffee wakeup is looking to be a good one.Its been a good 3 years since I had a serious storm to report on and today, well, I am happy to be writing this note.Two storms at bay...Lionrock and Namtheun are presently pounding Xiamen's coastline.What will happen when these two storms meet and greet this eve....remains to be seen.I am hoping that when these two storms merge something bigger will come of it.I will be going out tonight for research p...

Updated: 2:25 PM GMT on सप्टेंबर 04, 2010

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Morakot...

Posted by: MrTyphoon, 2:56 AM GMT on ऑगस्ट 09, 2009

Apologies: Missed last night's 10pm report.Things got a little crazy last night as the storm was hitting Fuzhou pretty hard and the Superstorms teams were out on the streets.Today: Sunday Morning 10:30 Beijing Standard Time (BST)Xiamen - Nothing to report. Xiamen experienced very little of last night's storm.Fuzhou - Clean up details are out and about today cleaning up broken trees, repairing power cable poles, damaged houses, and satelite areas that suffered from f...

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Morako....

Posted by: MrTyphoon, 11:59 AM GMT on ऑगस्ट 08, 2009

Saturday evening 8pm Beijing Standard Time (BST)Fuzhou - Destruction. Trees blown down. Harbour boats being thrown around. And more. City under RED Alert.Xiamen - Rain has started falling. Light showers. Infrequent wind gusts. Both are expected to increase later in the evening.All of Fujian Province - Storm will be at its strongest from midnight tonight through to 3am. Residents are warned to not venture out this evening and should stay indoors until the all clear s...

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Morakot....

Posted by: MrTyphoon, 9:51 AM GMT on ऑगस्ट 08, 2009

Saturday Evening Beijing Standard Time (BST)Fuzhou - Heavy rain has just started falling.Xiamen - Rain is hanging. Dark clouds overhead quietly passing by. Certain it will get worse as the evening progresses.Plans Fuzhou tonight - Fuzhou Superstorms teams are prepping up with offroad vehicles and inflatable rafts to work in high risk flooding districts.Plans Xiamen tonight - Research team of 6 will go to a beach facing Taiwan and record events as they occur.Next rep...

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