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more than 520,000 people in hainan province were affected by typhoon makar

2024-09-08

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on september 7, hainan province's emergency command center for typhoon makar held a press conference. at the press conference, fan shaoli, deputy director of the hainan provincial disaster prevention, mitigation and relief committee office, introduced that:typhoon "makar" is the strongest typhoon to hit my country since "wilma" in 2014. its main characteristics are stable path, rapid intensification, long maintenance of super typhoon level, symmetrical and compact structure, and great destructive power.

affected by typhoon makar, from 20:00 on september 4 to 14:00 on september 7, most parts of the province experienced heavy rain to torrential rain, and local heavy rain. except for wanning and lingshui, the rainfall in 95 towns (districts) in the remaining 16 cities and counties exceeded 200 mm, and the maximum rainfall occurred in yanfeng town, haikou city, which was 525.3 mm. gusts of 11 to 15 were generally seen on the land and near the coast in the northern half of the island, with the largest being longlou town, wenchang city, reaching more than 17 (66.7 meters/second), and gusts of 9 to 11 were generally seen on the land and near the coast in the southern half. affected by this, many cities and counties on the island were affected to varying degrees and suffered disasters. the disaster in wenchang city, the landing point of the typhoon, was the most serious, causing a large number of trees to fall, roads to be interrupted, power outages in many towns, and communication interruptions.