Typhoon Durian to affect East China Sea
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-11-29 20:05 BEIJING -- Tropical storm "Durian", which was
located 870 kilometers east of Samar, central Philippines, at 02:00 with winds
of 126 kilometers per hour (kph), has intensified into a typhoon, says China's
Central Meteorological Station.
Durian
is forecast to move west northwest at 25 kph and continue to gather strength.
The station says northerly winds are gusting at speeds of up to 61.6 kph in
the Yellow Sea, the northern part of the East China Sea, Bohai Sea and the Korea
Strait.
The station forecasts Durian will whip up winds of 120 kph to 150 kph in
these areas on Wednesday or Thursday.
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