Typhoon Saudel approaches the Chinese east coast after Narra's passage through the south of the country

Beijing.- Typhoon Saudel approached the eastern coast of China this Thursday, while the remnants of the Narra system continued to fuel rains in the south and southwest of the country following floods that forced the relocation of more than 54,000 people in the southern region of Guangxi this week.

The National Meteorological Center located Saudel early Thursday local time in the East China Sea, about 485 kilometers from the border between the southeastern provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, with maximum winds of 40 meters per second near its center.

The system, which had weakened from a strong typhoon to a typhoon, was moving west-southwest and could make landfall between Thursday night and Friday morning along the coastal strip between Zhejiang and Fujian, according to state media.

Authorities expect Saudel to bring strong winds to eastern and southeastern China: in the East China Sea, the Yangtze River estuary, Hangzhou Bay, and the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian, with more intense gusts in areas near the center of the typhoon.

The impact on air transport was still limited early Thursday at major airports in the east and southeast of the country, although Ningbo airport announced that it will suspend flight operations from 23:30 local time (15:30 GMT) due to the influence of Saudel.

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According to data from the Feichangzhun platform consulted by EFE around 09:30 local time (01:30 GMT), the airports of Shanghai-Pudong, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, and Fuzhou were operating “normally,” although those in Ningbo and Wenzhou had already accumulated dozens of cancellations.

In parallel, the rains associated with the remnants of Nari, which made landfall this week in Hainan and Guangdong after causing flooding in Guangxi, will continue to affect areas in the south of the Asian giant.

Meteorologists warned that the combination of several recent tropical systems may increase the risk of flash floods, landslides, mudslides, and waterlogging in areas already battered by rain.

The succession of Narra and Saudel arrives in a summer marked in China by typhoons, torrential rains, floods, and landslides, with dozens of deaths and preventive evacuations of hundreds of thousands of people.