Police and firefighters clear fallen trees caused by Typhoon Doksuri in Cagayan province, Philippines on July 26 (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in the northern Philippines on July 26, killing at least one person. The storm also toppled many trees, causing power outages and forcing thousands of Filipinos to evacuate.
With winds of up to 175 km/h, Typhoon Doksuri caused large waves around Dalupiri Island, off the northern tip of the main island of Luzon, according to the Philippine National Weather Service.
The agency warned of potentially life-threatening weather conditions as the storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to the sparsely populated island.
A woman was killed by a falling tree in the Ramon area of Isabela province in the northern Philippines.
About 12,000 people in Cagayan province were evacuated to safe shelters, including 431 people in the Babuyan archipelago, after warnings of 3-meter-high waves.
Doksuri briefly strengthened into a super typhoon as it swept across the Pacific Ocean on July 25 but weakened as it approached the Philippines.
Typhoon Doksuri is forecast to sweep across Taiwan (China) and move towards Southeast China.
On the morning of July 26, China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) activated a red alert, predicting that typhoon Doksuri would cause gusty winds and heavy rain in parts of the country's east and south.
China's weather warning scale has four levels, with Red being the most serious, followed by Orange-Yellow-Green.
Authorities in southern China's Guangdong province have also raised their emergency response alert for the typhoon to the highest level as Typhoon Doksuri approaches the coastal province.
Doksuri is expected to be the strongest storm to hit Guangdong province in nearly a decade, according to provincial meteorological officials.
Guangdong provincial authorities also issued early warnings to residents, ships and fishermen operating in nearby waters to return to port for shelter in time.
Some high-speed train services in Shantou city of Guangdong province will be suspended from July 26-30.
Zhejiang Province - a coastal province in southeastern China - has also activated a level 4 emergency response for Typhoon Doksuri.
NMC forecasts that Typhoon Doksuri may make landfall in some coastal areas of China's Fujian and Guangdong provinces on the morning of July 28.
VNA
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