Typhoon Tapah triggers Level-IV warning in south China island province

Haikou, Sept. 7 -- As Typhoon Tapah, the 16th typhoon of the year, has formed, south China's island province of Hainan issued a Level IV typhoon warning at 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

At 7 a.m. on Sunday, the center of Typhoon Tapah was located over the South China Sea, approximately 445 kilometers southeast of Dianbai District in Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, packing maximum winds of 23 meters per second near its center, the Hainan provincial meteorological observatory said.

Typhoon Tapah is forecast to move northwestward at a speed of 10 to 15 kilometers per hour while gradually intensifying. It is expected to approach the coastal areas of central and western Guangdong and make landfall between the cities of Zhuhai and Zhan...