Molave hits Shenzhen at Cat1
Posted by JAC on 7/20/2009, 2:37 pm
 Typhoon Isang (a.k.a. Molave) Made Landfall Near Hong Kong On Saturday, July 18 at 11 a.m. EDT Isang (Molave) strengthened to typhoon strength with sustained winds near 74 mph and made landfall near Hong Kong after midnight July 19 with sustained winds near 90 mph. According to press reports from China Daily.com, Molave made landfall specifically at Nanao town in Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province at 12:50 a.m. Sunday, Beijing Time. At landfall, it had maximum sustained winds near 90 mph, making it a Category One Typhoon. It brought gusty winds and heavy rains to Shenzhen City creating some street flooding. The largest rainfall recorded from Molave was 10.04 inches (255 millimeters) over three hours in Dianbai County, China. NASA's Terra satellite flew over Molave on Sunday July 19 at 11:20 a.m. local time (03:20 UTC) about 18 hours after the storm made landfall. The Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer captured a visible image of the storm's clouds as it continued to move west-northwest near 16 knots (18 mph). At that time, its sustained winds had dropped down to 40 knots (46 mph) and it was located near 23.0 north latitude and 112.4 east longitude) in China's Guangxi Province, about 110 miles west-northwest of Hong Kong. Molave's remnants are dissipating today, July 20. Text credit: Rob Gutro, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |
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