China Activates Level-IV Disaster Response in Guangxi as Typhoon Narra Suspends Trains
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Updated · Global Times · Aug 24
China Activates Level-IV Disaster Response in Guangxi as Typhoon Narra Suspends Trains
3 articles · Updated · Global Times · Aug 24
Summary
A Level-IV national disaster relief response was launched Monday for Guangxi after Typhoon Narra triggered severe flooding, with a central working group dispatched to assess damage and support evacuations, resettlement and relief.
Multiple passenger train services were suspended from Sunday to Thursday as Narra stalled over the Beibu Gulf, where competing weather systems slowed its movement while warm waters and monsoon moisture sustained heavy rain and strong winds.
185 kilometers west-southwest of Beihai at 5 a.m., Narra was packing 23 meters-per-second winds and is expected to strengthen to 25-28 meters per second before turning north toward the Guangxi coast and western Leizhou Peninsula.
404.9 millimeters of rain fell in Fangchenggang on Saturday, and forecasters warned southern Guangxi still faces elevated risks from cumulative rainfall and short-duration downpours; Taiwan could see 250-300 millimeters by Tuesday morning.
China's weather agency raised its broader severe-weather emergency response to Level III, while a second storm, Typhoon Atsani, formed Monday, bringing this year's typhoon count to 21—nine above the historical average.