China issues storm warning as Nida typhoon approaches – Meteorological Center

Those living in the storm’s projected path when it reaches mainland China have been told by the the National Commission for Disaster Reduction to prepare three days’ worth of food and other essentials, the official Xinhua news agency reported late Monday.

China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe weather, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

CNOOC Limited, China’s state-controlled offshore oil and gas producer, suspended some production operations.

The Observatory advised members of the public to take precautionary measures as soon as possible.

Cathay Pacific and its subsidiary Dragonair cancelled all of their flights in and out of Hong Kong for 16 hours.

Typhoon Nida is expected to land in Guangdong Province early on Tuesday, probably around the Pearl River Delta.

China on Monday braced for Typhoon Nida and issued a red alert ahead of its landfall in the southern areas on Tuesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled on the mainland and Hong Kong.

As such, the airlines said they are suspending all flights through Hong Kong International Airport from 10pm on Monday to 2pm on Tuesday.

That will include more than 100 flights, said a spokeswoman for Cathay, the city’s flag carrier.

3 at 11:40 a.m. It will consider issuing Storm Signal No. 8, the third-highest tropical cyclone warning, between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Monday.

“Local winds are expected to strengthen significantly around dusk”, said a typhoon bulletin on the city’s weather observatory website.

Nadi is expected to bring storms, including heavy showers and gales, to the Chinese southernmost province of Hainan, southeastern Fujian province and country’s southern autonomous region of Guangxi.

Northern Luzon and the provinces of Zambales and Bataan were on alert for flash floods and landslides triggered by the rains, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.