Path probability forecast map of Typhoon Tapah for the next 60 hours. - Photo: weather.com.cn
HAIKOU/GUANGZHOU (China): As Typhoon Tapah, the 16th typhoon of the year, has formed, south China's island province of Hainan issued a Level IV typhoon warning at 8am Sunday (Sept 7) morning.
At 7am on Sunday, the centre of Typhoon Tapah was located over the South China Sea, approximately 445 kilometers southeast of Dianbai District in Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, packing maximum winds of 23 meters per second near its center, the Hainan provincial meteorological observatory said.
