Fuzhou, July 25 (Report) — As this year's No. 3 typhoon "Gaemi" gradually approaches, Fujian is making every effort to prevent and fight the typhoon. The Fujian Provincial Flood Control Office reported on the 25th that all 29,424 people on coastal aquaculture fishing rafts across the province have been evacuated ashore, including 28,108 laborers and 1,316 elderly, weak, women and children; all 733 fishing boats that went to sea across the province have returned to port to shelter from the wind, and all 3,199 people on board have been evacuated ashore.

　　At the same time, 73 passenger ferry routes along the Fujian coast have been suspended, 97 flights have been canceled, and 156,800 people have been relocated.

　　At present, the typhoon emergency response level in Fuzhou, Ningde, Putian and the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone is Level I; in Quanzhou and Sanming it is Level II; in Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Nanping it is Level III; and in Longyan it is Level IV.

　　Putian, Quanzhou and Pingtan have implemented "three suspensions and one closure" across the entire city (zone); the urban area of Ningde, Fu'an City, Shouning County, the urban area of Fuzhou, Fuqing City, Changle District, Yongtai County, Lianjiang County, and the urban area of Sanming have implemented "three suspensions and one closure," namely suspension of work (business), suspension of production, suspension of classes, and closure of markets.

　　"Gaemi" made landfall along the coast of Nan'ao Township, Yilan County, Taiwan Province around 0:00 that day, moved into the Taiwan Strait around 4:00, and at 5:00 its center was located over the northeastern waters of the Taiwan Strait (25 degrees north latitude, 120.8 degrees east longitude), about 110 kilometers southeast of the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, with maximum winds near the center at Force 14 (45 meters per second, severe typhoon level).

　　According to the Fujian Provincial Meteorological Observatory, "Gaemi" is expected to move northwest at a speed of about 10 to 15 kilometers per hour with little change in intensity, and make landfall along the coast from Lianjiang to Xiuyu in Fujian Province this afternoon to evening (typhoon or severe typhoon level, Force 12 to 14), then continue deeper inland and northward after landfall. On the 25th, coastal areas will see torrential to heavy torrential rain, with some areas along the central and northern coasts experiencing extremely heavy torrential rain; other areas will see heavy to torrential rain, with locally heavy torrential rain.

　　At present, wind and rain along the Fujian coast are gradually increasing. Statistics from 6:00 on the 24th to 6:00 on the 25th show that cumulative rainfall exceeded 50 millimeters in 104 townships across 20 counties, of which 25 townships in 9 counties exceeded 100 millimeters, with the maximum at 178.7 millimeters in Guanyang Township, Fuding; the maximum hourly rainfall was 49.8 millimeters in Qianlou Township, Dongshan. From 6:00 on the 24th to 6:00 on the 25th, water levels of all major rivers remained below warning levels.