Authorities issue emergency warning as extreme conditions head for China’s east coast as tsunami yellow alert cancelled
Shanghai and parts of China’s east coast are bracing for a severe tropical storm after a tsunami yellow alert for the region was cancelled on Wednesday, following a massive earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula.
The tropical storm generated by Typhoon Co-May was expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening, authorities said.
China’s Tsunami Warning Centre at the Ministry of Natural Resources issued the yellow alert on Wednesday morning, warning that waves ranging up to 100cm (40 inches) could hit Shanghai’s coast. The alert was lifted in the early afternoon.
Severe winds and rainfall from Typhoon Co-May – the eighth typhoon of the season – were expected in the city at around 6pm, according to Zhejiang province’s department of water resources.
