China, Vietnam, Philippines – Tropical Cyclone Sarika Update (GDACS, CMA, NDRRMC, National Authorities, Local Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 October 2016)

Tropical Cyclone SARIKA made landfall close to Fangchenggang city (Guangxi province, China) on 19 morning UTC, as a Tropical Storm. It then continued moving north north-east over Guangxi, dissipating.

According to National Authorities, as of 20 October early morning (UTC), in China over 47 000 people have been evacuated and over 2 500 houses have been partially or fully damaged in Hainan.

Over the next 24 h, heavy rain could still affect the southern provinces of China (Hainan, Guangdong, Yunann, Guizhou and Guangxi) and northern Vietnam.

In the Philippines, due to the passage of SARIKA (locally named KAREN), according to official reports, there are still over 7 180 people in 80 evacuation centres and more than 12 770 houses have been damaged, mostly in Aurora Province.