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HANGZHOU, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's east coast remains1 on alert Friday as a pair of typhoons threaten to wreak2 havoc3.
Typhoon Bolaven, the 15th typhoon of the year, was gaining force Friday and was forecast to reach the East China Sea on Sunday, the weather bureau of Zhejiang Province said in a press release Friday night.
It said the Zhoushan Islands were on high alert of the typhoon.
Bolaven was located at 21.7 north latitude4 and 133.2 east longitude5 at 2 p.m., packing winds of 41.4 meters per second and moving northwest at 15 km per hour, it said.
Local authorities in Zhoushan have warned citizens to be on guard against the typhoon and banned fishing boats from going out to the sea.
Meanwhile, typhoon Tembin, whose center was in seawater off Taiwan Friday afternoon, threatened to soak the eastern Fujian Province over the weekend, the local meteorological station said.
It said gales6 were already sweeping7 at 24.5 meters per second in Fujian's coastal8 areas Friday, and could intensify9 in the coming two days.
A direct ferry service between Fujian's Pingtan to Taiwan will be suspended for three days from Saturday to Monday.
Tembin struck southern Taiwan Friday, toppling trees, overturning vehicles and dumping rains that swelled10 rivers and flooded homes and farmlands.
China's National Marine11 Environmental Forecasting Center also warned the public of the dual12 typhoons Friday, raising the alert level to yellow.
Earlier this month, dual-typhoons "Damrey" and "Saola" left eight people dead and forced the evacuation of about 1.3 million residents in the coastal regions as of Aug. 5.
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1 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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2 wreak | |
v.发泄;报复 | |
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3 havoc | |
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱 | |
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4 latitude | |
n.纬度,行动或言论的自由(范围),(pl.)地区 | |
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n.经线,经度 | |
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6 gales | |
龙猫 | |
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7 sweeping | |
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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8 coastal | |
adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的 | |
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9 intensify | |
vt.加强;变强;加剧 | |
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10 swelled | |
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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11 marine | |
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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12 dual | |
adj.双的;二重的,二元的 | |
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