Typhoon Targets Southern China

[Thomas Promise]

Typhoon Rammasun now has its sights set on southern China and northern Vietnam.

 

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/typhoon-rammasun-china-vietnam/30532715

[Randy W]

Typhoon Rammasun now has its sights set on southern China and northern Vietnam.

 

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/typhoon-rammasun-china-vietnam/30532715

 

 

That may just affect our steak run to Nanning and Yang Mei this weekend.

[Randy W]

 

Typhoon Rammasun now has its sights set on southern China and northern Vietnam.

 

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/typhoon-rammasun-china-vietnam/30532715

 

 

That may just affect our steak run to Nanning and Yang Mei this weekend.

 

 

 

With it still approaching Hainan, Jiaying still wants to try to make our trip tomorrow - I think she wants to take advantage of the cooler weather from the typhoon as long as we're not seeing the rain.

 

These things break up almost immediately from the mountains.

 

We did get a thunderstorm from it last night, though.

 

http://www.accuweather.com/en/cn/haikou/58633/satellite/58633

[Randy W]

Meanwhile, in Fenghuang

 

 

from the Global Times

 

Concerns have been raised over the protection of historic towns as persistent downpours in Central and Southwest China have flooded Fenghuang, a renowned tourism destination in Hunan Province.http://bit.ly/1nRcI0X

 

[Randy W]

It looks like the typhoon hit the mainland right near the Vietnam border with a barely discernible eye. Looks like tomorrow (Sunday) will be a good day for our trip - it's still a little wet here

[Randy W]

We caught a lot of rain on the freeway and then they had a good amount of hurricane debris at Qingxiushan, so I'm guessing Nanning saw more of the typhoon than we did in Yulin.

[danb]

The news reports that I have read about this Typhoon is it was a big one. One of the biggest Typhoons to hit China in 4 decades:

 

ww.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/07/19/china-typhoon-rammasun-weather/12876921/

 

I wonder how Nanning made out. Also I wonder how that oil drilling rig came thru the storm. It is ready to go back out and do some drilling? Danb

[Thomas Promise]

My wife said the storm killed 50 people. 9 died from her province of Guangxi.

Edited July 22, 2014 by Thomas Promise (see edit history)

[Randy W]

The news reports that I have read about this Typhoon is it was a big one. One of the biggest Typhoons to hit China in 4 decades:

 

ww.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/07/19/china-typhoon-rammasun-weather/12876921/

 

I wonder how Nanning made out. Also I wonder how that oil drilling rig came thru the storm. It is ready to go back out and do some drilling? Danb

 

 

We just got back from there. There was no visible damage anywhere, except in nearby mountains. At Qingxiushan (a large mountain which overlooks Nanning), there were cleanup crews everywhere to pick up leaves and branches. A couple of the crews had chain saws, or were simply trying to prop up trees that had blown over. The news showed a tree that had blown over, and a banana plantation that had been flattened.

 

The mountains along the coast break up hurricanes pretty quickly, so you don't see much wind except in the coastal cities. Jesse said that even the folks in Guangzhou were unconcerned about the "Super"-Typhoon Usagi which hit last year - even though it was fairly close, Guangzhou hardly saw any effect from it because of shielding from the mountains.

[Randy W]

The extent of the hurricane damage we saw in Nanning

 

 

This crew had a chain saw

 

This road was green from leaf coverage

 

Not much

[Randy W]

Wind damage from typhoons in China is pretty much confined to the immediate coastal areas, thanks to the protection offered by the mountains. Rains can also cause inland flooding and mud slides.

 

LOOK: The horrific devastation caused by super typhoon Rammasun in Southern China

[Randy W]

Another one, Typhoon Kalmaegi, predicted to follow a similar path

 

Typhoon Batters Philippines; China, Vietnam on Alert

 

http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2014/650x366_09141621_hd26.jpg

Nanning is directly south of the 'D' in 'Damaging', about half-way to the dashed line.

[Mick]

Fasten you seatbelts, Randy! I went through a typhoon when I lived in Shantou, but it was not too bad. Blew down a lot of trees and broke a few windows in the building I lived in.

[Thomas Promise]

Some recent footage of Kalmaegi hitting the Phillipines today.

 

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/tropical-storm-typhoon-kalmaegi-luis-western-pacific-20140912

[Randy W]

Fasten you seatbelts, Randy! I went through a typhoon when I lived in Shantou, but it was not too bad. Blew down a lot of trees and broke a few windows in the building I lived in.

 

 

We're getting a little wind right now - I don't expect much effect from this one.

 

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floaters/15W/imagery/rb-animated.gif