Six fishermen were saved by police Saturday after being trapped
by tropical storm Sanvu for about 12 hours at sea off the southern
coastal province of Guangdong.
The six fishermen from the province's Haifeng County tried to
sail into the Xiaomo Port to avoid Sanvu around 6 PM Friday, but
got stranded at sea nearby the port due to strong wind and huge
waves caused by the tropical storm, said Miao Jiazhen, head of the
port.
The public security department of Shanwei City sent rescuers
with salvage motorboat to the site shortly after receiving the call
for help and it took them more than 10 hours to save the desperate
fishermen from the fishing boat, whose stern had sunk in the
sea.
The fishermen were receiving treatment in local hospital,
according to the local government.
The severe tropical storm Sanvu, the 10th tropical storm that
visited China this year, slapped the Chenghai area in Shantou City
in Guangdong at 12:45 with the maximum wind force of
hurricane.?
Sanvu moved northwestward at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.
The center of the typhoon has a diameter of 60 kilometers.
According to local weather forecast, the tropical storm is to
move northwestward at an estimated speed of 25 kilometers per hour
in upcoming 24 hours.
Sanvu will bring rainstorms to the eastern part of the province
and the Pearl River Delta from Saturday to Sunday, said the
provincial observatory.
Guangdong and its neighboring Fujian
Province, which may also be affected by Sanvu, the Chinese name
for coral, have taken emergency precautionary measures against the
tropical storm.
Sanvu came on the heels of typhoon Matsa, which swept through
China's eastern coastal areas last week, dumping torrential rains
and causing enormous economic losses in the afflicted
regions.?
(Xinhua News Agency August 14, 2005)
