The Guangzhou central observatory said on Tuesday that the
typhoon Jelawat, number two this year, will land on south China on
Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
As of 2:00 PM Tuesday, the center of Jelawat was located at 17.1
north latitude and 115.1 east longitude, which was about 600
kilometers southeast to the city of Yangjiang in Guangdong Province.
The top wind speed near the center is 18 meters per second and
it is moving northwestward at the speed of 15 to 20 kilometers per
hour.
The observatory said Jelawat might land on east Hainan or west Guangdong from Wednesday night
to Thursday morning.
The typhoon is expected to bring rainfalls to the areas, which
will ease the week-long high temperature in Guangdong.
(Xinhua News Agency June 28, 2006)