Local authorities along the coast in east China's Zhejiang Province are getting prepared for the approaching Typhoon Bebinca.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) has upgraded its typhoon warning to the yellow or third class, saying that the eye of Bebinca, classified as a strong tropical storm, was located in the northwest Pacific Ocean about 1,090 kilometers southeast of Zhoushan City of Zhejiang, at 05:00 on Saturday.
Bebinca will move northwest at around 30 to 35 kilometers per hour, gradually intensifying, and is expected to make landfall from Taizhou of Zhejiang to Qidong of Jiangsu Province in the early morning of Monday, the NMC said.
The authority warned that affected by the typhoon, there will be heavy rains in southeast Zhejiang, east Fujian, and some areas of Taiwan island from 08:00 Saturday until 08:00 Sunday.
As a precaution against typhoon Bebinca, fishery officers in Fenghua District of Zhejiang's Ningbo City checked the safety of boats parked at docks on Friday.
"We are to patrol the anchorages and dissuade fishermen from working at sea. We are also to check if there are any risks such as dragging anchor. In case there's something wrong, we will contact special operators to handle it in advance," said Lin Haoyong, a staff member at the fishing vessel management service station of Tongzhao Village.
Many fishing boats that were originally moored along the pier have left the dock and anchored at designated anchorages.
In Wenling, a county-level city administered by Taizhou, a number of construction projects have taken measures to cope with the possible rains and winds brought by the typhoon.
At a seaside resort construction site, the contractor said they will remove some protective nets with large wind surfaces, transfer them to safe areas and bundle them together, and take measures to protect the tower crane.
More than ten of the 259 construction sites in Wenling City are by the sea. Their contractors are closely following the track of the typhoon and get prepared for it.
Authorities in Taizhou City have also suspended the operation of some island resorts and passenger ships since Friday afternoon, with tourists being moved to safe places.
Zhejiang prepares for typhoon Bebinca
