Dying Typhoon Finds New Life
The storm is expected to approach China’s coast on Thursday as Taiwan braces for localized extremely heavy rain and 226 people are evacuated in Pingtung County.
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Dying typhoon finds new life
A tropical depression near Hainan that was once Typhoon Saudel has found new life, intensifying into a tropical storm early yesterday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.Saudel intensified into a tropical storm at 2pm yesterday, when it was centered northeast of Hainan and moving northeas
Typhoon Saudel made landfall in Zhejiang, China, and moved southward. Although it had weakened to a remnant vortex, it intensified again in the waters east of Hainan Island before turning northward, bringing strong winds and torrential rain to the southern coast. Meteorological experts exclaimed that this was unprecedented.
Typhoon Saudel weakened after making landfall in Zhejiang, China on August 28, but re-intensified into a tropical depression due to moisture replenishment from a large low-pressure zone. It became a typhoon again at 8:00 AM on September 1. There have been past cases of typhoons weakening into tropical depressions and then reactivating, even striking Taiwan again. The Central News Agency has compiled a list of these "reactivated" typhoons and the…
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