After wrecking devastation in Taiwan, where it killed at least two people and sank a ship, with its nine crew members missing, Typhoon Gaemi is sweeping towards the southern region of China.
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| Taiwan’s Xindian river rises in New Taipei City as Typhoon Gaemi barrels over Taiwan on July 25, 2024. Photo: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images via cnn.com |
The typhoon made landfall on the northeastern coast of Taiwan on Wednesday, as disclosed by the country’s Central Weather Administration.
The disaster is moving towards Fuzhou in China’s Fujian province on Thursday.
According to the Fire Department of Taiwan, a Tanzania-flagged cargo ship had sunk off the coast of the southern port city of Kaohsiung, with nine crew members from Myanmar forced to abandon the ship in life jackets.
Head of the fire department, Hsiao Huan-chang, said, the crew had contacted a Taiwanese cargo ship close by, however, when rescuers eventually got to the area “visibility at the scene was very low and the winds were too strong” to conduct a search.
He added, “When the weather permits, we will immediately dispatch ships or helicopters to rescue, but at the moment it is not possible.”
