Chinese coastal cities have continued to issue warnings for the strong gales and heavy rains triggered by Trami, this year's 20th typhoon, suspending some public transportation. Meteorological monitoring shows that Typhoon Trami has moved into the South China Sea on Friday. Affected by cold air and the typhoon, the coastal areas of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces and the Taiwan Island experienced gusts with heavy rains in some places.
The tropical cyclone is forecast to keep moving westwards and slightly increase its intensity on Saturday to reach typhoon level.
On the night of Sunday, Trami will begin to reduce movement in the central and western parts of the South China Sea, and its intensity will gradually weaken.
The National Meteorological Center issued another yellow-alert gale warning on Saturday, saying that some parts of Zhejiang, Fujian and Hainan will experience torrential downpours from Saturday to Tuesday.
China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
In addition, Trami's long-time activity in the South China Sea is expected to cause strong winds on the waters until early November. Weather experts have warned the public and ships and offshore work platforms to take precautions for the expected heavy rains in the eastern coastal areas of China and Hainan Island on Saturday and Sunday.
The Hainan Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a Level-IV typhoon warning on Saturday morning.
Due to the persistent gales and strong rainstorms in some parts of the island, the Xinhai ferry port, Xiuying cargo port and the Nangang Railway Station in Haikou, the capital city of Hainan, have suspended service at 14:00 on Saturday.
The whole island-looping high-speed railway and the trains running in Haikou will also suspend operation successively. They are scheduled to resume service at 14:00 on Sunday.
Guangdong Province activated a Level-IV response to the strong winds brought by Trami and the cold front at 12:00 Friday.
The ro-ro (roll-on-roll-off) passenger ships crossing the Qiongzhou Strait have stopped operation, and the resumption time will be decided according to the typhoon changes.
The Guangzhou Railway Group has adjusted some of the trains departing from or arriving at Haikou to Guangzhou Baiyun Station, and stopped some other trains.
Guangdong, Hainan issue warnings on Typhoon Trami's westward movements
