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Gales, rains in E China as typhoon Parma nears

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-04 19:51

FUZHOU: The 17th typhoon of the year Parma was forecast to bring gales and heavy rain to coastal areas of eastern Fujian Province in the coming two days as it is approaching, said Fujian Provincial Observatory Sunday.

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The Provincial Observatory forecast at 10 a.m. Sunday, the typhoon located at 18.9 degrees north latitude and 120.2 degrees east longitude at 8 a.m., packing up strong winds with a speed of 126 kilometers per hour at its eye.

It is moving northwestwardly at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.

Parma downgraded from a strong typhoon at 11 p.m. Saturday when it arrived at seawaters off northern Luzon Island of the Philippines.