HAIKOU, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Rammasun has strengthened to a super typhoon and is expected to make landfall in south China's island province of Hainan or coastal area of Guangdong Province on Friday afternoon, Hainan provincial meteorological station said on Friday.
Rammasun packing rainstorms and winds of up to 180 km per hour, is moving northwest at a speed of 20 to 25 km per hour and will probably land in Qionghai City of Hainan or Dianbai District, Maoming City of Guangdong, according to the station's forecast.
The super typhoon is expected to be the strongest that Hainan Province has witnessed in 40 years.
Rammasun packing rainstorms and winds of up to 180 km per hour, is moving northwest at a speed of 20 to 25 km per hour and will probably land in Qionghai City of Hainan or Dianbai District, Maoming City of Guangdong, according to the station's forecast.
The super typhoon is expected to be the strongest that Hainan Province has witnessed in 40 years.
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Meanwhile all kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools should be closed, and companies should change their working schedules, it said.
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The municipal weather authority will issue one of four alarms based on the scale of the rainfall, traffic conditions or other factors under the new rainstorm warning system. Prewarning forecasts will be sent directly to cellphones.
Several serious downpours have deluged the capital since the flooding season began in June, keeping the city's contingency forces on alert.
On Wednesday afternoon, a sudden storm with heavy rain and hail hit the city's northwestern areas, submerging 18 vehicles parked on a low road. No casualties were reported.
The average rainfall was around 19 mm, in alignment with a blue alert, the lowest level.
The northwestern districts and suburbs witnessed the most rain. The heaviest rainfall measured around 50 mm per hour in Haidian district.
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