China's Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday issued fresh marine disaster warnings for the country's northern coastal areas, urging local authorities to prepare for potential seawater intrusion, as Typhoon Bavi, now downgraded to a tropical storm, pushed further north.
At 16:00 local time (8:00 GMT) on Monday, the eye of Bavi was located within Xinyi, a city of Xuzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu Province. Packing the strength of a tropical storm, the storm was moving northeastward at a speed of approximately 10 kilometers per hour with little change in intensity, according to China's national meteorological trackers.
Earlier in Monday morning, the ministry initiated a Level-IV emergency response -- the lowest in China's four-tier system -- for the municipality of Tianjin, while maintaining a Level-III response for northeastern Liaoning Province. Marine disaster responses for Hebei and Shandong provinces remained at Level-IV.
Concurrently, authorities lifted the emergency alerts for the eastern coastal regions of Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Fujian, which bore the brunt of the typhoon over the weekend.
The ministry urged vessels in northern waters to return to ports immediately and instructed local officials to step up inspections of dykes, sluice gates, and other critical infrastructure, and reinforce vulnerable sections of seawalls to mitigate the risk of seawater backflow.
China issues marine disaster alerts as Typhoon Bavi hits northern waters
