China renews yellow warning for typhoon "Fengchen"

Today, the National Meteorological Center of China issued a yellow warning for the typhoon "Fengchen"It is the 24th hurricane this year, as it is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the southern regions of the country.

The center said – in a statement carried by the Chinese News Agency – "Xinhua": "Until nine o’clock this morning, the typhoon was spotted over the waters of the South China Sea, about 170 kilometers west-northwest of the island. "Yongxing" belonging to the city "Sansha" In the province "Hainan" In the south of the country, with a maximum wind speed near its center of 33 meters per second"

He added: ""Fengchen" In a southwesterly direction at a speed of approximately 10 kilometers per hour, maintaining its intensity this morning before gradually weakening.".

It is expected that The typhoon made landfall in the central coast of Vietnam on Thursday as a tropical storm before its intensity quickly decreased.

In China there is a typhoon warning system consisting of four color-coded levels, with red representing the most dangerous, followed by orange, then yellow, then blue.