"Super-Typhoon" Usagi

[Randy W]

In Guangzhou, at 7:13 AM local time, it's so far nothing more than a nice rain storm with a little wind. Nice and cool here now. Searched a little on the NET and cannot find any live or regularly updated views of the current location.

 

The AccuWeather satellite image is updated once an hour. I gave the link in my first post - http://www.accuweather.com/en/cn/yulin/58362/satellite/58362

 

The link is for Yulin (it's a generic weather satellite image, not specific for hurricane tracking), but you can zoom out and pan to the east to see the whole thing, or call up the image for Guangzhou.

 

Last I heard was that the winds had died to around 85 mph by the time it went ashore last night (Sunday) around 6PM about halfway between Hong Kong and Shantou. It looked like Shantou would have gotten the worst of it.

[Randy W]

The report from Xinhua -

Typhoon Usagi kills 3 in China

 

At least three people have been killed as typhoon Usagi, the strongest of the year, made landfall in south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday evening, local authorities said.

 

The super typhoon, packing winds up to 162 km per hour at the center, came ashore at 7:40 p.m. in east Guangdong's Shanwei City, according to the provincial meteorological station.

 

Before the storm came ashore, a tree was felled by strong winds in Shantou City, killing two people and injuring another, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said.

 

The other death was reported in Jinghai Township of Huilai County in the city of Jieyang, where a villager was killed by fallen window glass while avoiding wind at home, said Li Feng, a border police officer of the city.

 

Electricity and water supply was cut off in the county, and houses were toppled as wind speeds at the center exceeded 180 km per hour on Sunday afternoon, Li said. Border police have been mobilized to help with disaster relief there.

 

. . .

 

Educational authorities in 14 cities ordered schools to suspend classes on Sunday, a school day in China because of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival which just ended.

 

[Randy W]

An update just a few minutes ago from Xinhua - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-09/23/c_132742326.htm

 

According to the local civil affairs bureau, more than 3.56 million people in Guangdong have been affected by Usagi, and 226,000 people have been relocated.

 

The typhoon has also caused 7,100 homes to collapse and resulted in direct economic losses of 3.24 billion yuan (529.5 million U.S. dollars).