Storm Pulasan forecast to make landfall in east China on 19 Sept

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Tropical Storm Pulasan is approaching China’s eastern coast and is expected to make landfall in Zhejiang province in the afternoon of 19 September

At 8:00 hours Beijing time (01:00 GMT) on Wednesday, the storm was moving in the northwest Pacific Ocean, about 570 kilometers southeast of Naha City in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

Pulasan is moving at a speed of 45 kilometers/hour toward the northeast and forecast to enter the East China Sea on Wednesday evening.

It is expected to strengthen into a typhoon and make landfall along the Yuhuan and Xiangshan regions in Zhejiang in the afternoon of 19 September, according to China’s National Meteorological administration (NMA).

Zhejiang’s Ningbo City – which is a petrochemical hub – initiated Level IV typhoon emergency response – the lowest of four levels – at 9:00 hours on Wednesday.

Pulasan would be the second storm to hit east China in a week.

On 16 September, Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in China’s financial hub of Shanghai, causing severe damage to infrastructure and businesses.

It weakened as its moved inland with its remnants still affecting the provinces of Anhui and Henan on Wednesday.