Pacific Ocean | The third most powerful hurricane this year reached China after hitting Taiwan with winds reaching 227 km/hour. Learn about the latest developments in Hurricane Jaime (details)

Arab Weather - Hurricane Jaime swept through southeastern China on Thursday after crossing the Taiwan Strait, raising warnings of rising river water levels and the occurrence of floods in many cities and provinces after being exposed to heavy rains.

Weather forecasters at the Arab Weather Center said that Hurricane Jaime is considered the third and strongest hurricane to hit the eastern coast of China this year, after it made landfall in Fujian Province at 7:50 pm (UTC) after hitting Taiwan with the strongest winds recorded in the west. The Pacific Ocean, where its speed reached 227 kilometers per hour.

Chinese authorities evacuate thousands of residents and warn of massive amounts of rain

The Chinese authorities said that about 240,800 people were evacuated in Fujian, a city with a population of more than 3 million people, due to expectations indicating heavy rains in at least 10 Chinese provinces in the coming days, and the arrival of Jamie sparked comparisons with Typhoon Duxuri last year, Which caused historic floods as far north as Beijing and caused nationwide losses amounting to about $30 billion.

The authorities said that the water level in the Yangtze River in Poyang and Don Genting in central China may rise to return to dangerous levels seen in early July after heavy summer rains, and given the high humidity that the hurricane carries, Beijing warned that the hurricane may cause heavy rains on the capital. China, about 2,000 kilometers north of Putian, even as the storm retreated and turned into a tropical depression.

In Taiwan, three people died as a result of the hurricane, which caused floods and sank a cargo ship after the strongest hurricane in eight years hit the island yesterday evening, Wednesday, as some parts of southern Taiwan are expected to record a cumulative rainfall of 2,200 mm since Tuesday.

For its part, Taipower Public Services Company said that the storm cut off electricity to about half a million families, and the government said that in addition to the three dead, 380 people were injured as a result of the hurricane in Taiwan, while the Taiwan Fire Department announced that a cargo ship flying the Tanzanian flag had nine citizens on board. Myanmar sank off the coast of the southern port city of Kaohsiung.

According to the latest observations received from the Arab Weather Monitoring Center regarding Storm Gaemi:

• Maximum wind speed: 95 km/h
• The highest wind gusts are 120 km/h
• The lowest observed value of atmospheric pressure at the center of the eye of the hurricane is: 981 millibars.
• Maximum wave detection height: 8 metres.
• Geographical coordinates: (longitude: 119 north, latitude: 25 east).

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