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Warning tropical storm is valid on the US East coast – from North Carolina, where because of the element of emergency, to the border of Maine with Canada

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In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans continues the season of tropical cyclones. On August 4, just two of them walked on land – hurricane “Isaias” in the Eastern United States and Typhoon “Hagupit” in the East of China. It is noteworthy that in both cases the maximum wind speed was 136,8 km/h.

“Isaias”, which had suffered the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas, the Florida coast has weakened to a tropical storm and again became a hurricane near South Carolina. He crossed the coastline South of North Carolina and currently has almost reached Virginia, again becoming tropical storm. The wind speed decreased to 110 km/h, informs the national center for U.S. monitoring hurricanes (NHC).

Warning tropical storm is valid on the US East coast – from North Carolina, where because of the element of emergency, to the border of Maine with Canada. Difficult weather conditions are also expected in many major cities, including Washington, new York and Philadelphia. Meteorologists warn of heavy rainfall, in some areas, possible tornado.

While the hurricane has battered the coastal settlements and Islands in the States of North and South Carolina. Here torrential rains and storm surge led to flooding. Flooded street in Wilmington, whose population exceeds 100 thousand people. According to the service PowerOutage.US, in North Carolina and Virginia remained without electricity 443 thousand homes.

Glad I didnt take off my waders to get to my hotel…the appropriately named “water street” in downtown #WilmingtonNC is flooding from the south eye pushing water up the Cape Fear River. #isaias @accuweather pic.twitter.com/X9UZlAPAYP— Jonathan Petramala (@jpetramala) August 4, 2020

One of many cars flooded in downtown #WilmingtonNC by storm surge and #HurricaneIsaias @accuweather #ncwx pic.twitter.com/41WuG8PazS— Jonathan Petramala (@jpetramala) August 4, 2020

In China, the Typhoon “Hagupit” struck the province of Zhejiang. He came to the land in the urban district of Yueqing, and, fainting, continues to move to the East of the country. In the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian the heavy rains. Stormy weather was observed in Western and southern areas of the East China sea, waters near the Diaoyu Islands, the Yangtze estuary and the Hangzhou Bay and coastal areas of these provinces, said the Agency “Xinhua”.

According to 22:00 on August 3 more than 381 thousand residents of Zhejiang province were evacuated to safe areas. In Fujian province, suspended the construction and operation of railway transport, and the ships returned to ports.

Under forecasts of weather forecasters, “Hagupit”, losing strength to continue moving North at a speed of 20-25 km/h It will come out in the Yellow sea, and on Wednesday morning will approach the West coast of the Korean Peninsula. The warning is also announced in Primorsky Krai.

In connection with the influence of the active frontal sections in the West of the region and access to the sea of Japan a tropical cyclone on August 6-7, in Primorsky Krai, rains, in some areas strong (with the number of 15-45 mm in 12 hours or less), in the South-East region in the morning and afternoon of 6 August, sometimes very heavy rains (50 mm or more in 12 hours or less), prevents Primgidromet.

On the night of 7 August, very heavy rain (>50 mm) will remain at the North East coast region. The rains will be accompanied by thunderstorms, coastal areas with wind 15-22 m/S. Friday Afternoon at the district Rotary Gold expected wave height of 2.5-3.5 m in the open part of the sea 3-4 m. In the bays of the coast – very steep slope.

On rivers edge is probably the formation of local rain floods the elevation of water levels by 0.4-0.9 m, on the rivers of South-Eastern and Eastern areas of the region may be a sharp rise of water up to 1.4 m, with flooding of low-lying areas from areas from overflow of small streams and intensive storm runoff.