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Eastern and south-eastern Asia - Tropical cyclone activity (GDACS, PAGASA, JTWC, NOAA-CPC, NDRRMC, AHA Centre) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 September 2024)

  • Intense tropical cyclone activity is ongoing across the Philippine sea, South and West China Sea.
  • Typhoon BEBINCA made landfall in the Shanghai area on 16 September leading to evacuations, damage, and disruptions across the Shanghai direct-administered municipality area (eastern China). Its influence in the Philippines resulted also in ten fatalities and two missing people.
  • A tropical Storm, named PULASAN is moving northwest towards eastern China over the Philippine sea and it could make landfall over Zhejiang province on 19-20 September.
  • Furthermore, a tropical depression named GENER in the Philippines crossed the northern Philippines and according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) it could strengthen into a tropical storm and it could approach the coasts of Hainan (south-eastern China) and eastern Vietnam in the coming days.
  • For the next 24 hours, moderate to locally very heavy rainfall is expected over northern Philipines. Red warnings for floods are in effect over the north-eastern and parts of eastern Philippines.