Warden Message - Typhoon Megi

10/21/2010

This warden message is being issued to alert U.S. citizens residing or traveling in South China that the Joint Typhoon Warning Center has issued warnings for a typhoon/tropical cyclone system, designated Typhoon Megi. As of  At 5:00 a.m. on October 21 the typhoon was centered in the eastern South China Sea, approximately 430 km southeast of Huilai County, Guangdong province (19.2N, 117.5E) with maximum wind force up to scale 16 (52m/s). 

China’s Central Meteorological Observatory forecasts that the typhoon will  move north at a speed of 10 km per hour approaching central and eastern Guangdong, and is likely to make landfall between Shenzhen and Raoping with the intensity of a severe typhoon sometime between the night of Friday October 22 and noon Saturday,  October 23.  Most parts of Fujian and eastern Guangdong will see heavy rain or rainstorms with isolated severe rainstorms.  China’s Central Meteorological Observatory has issued flood warnings for Hainan Province and has advised ships to return to harbor. For further details, see the Joint Typhoon Warning Center's Tropical Cyclone Warning.

We will continue to monitor Typhoon Megi’s track and will issue updated messages as necessary.  Please monitor the typhoon’s track by listening to the radio, watching television, or monitoring weather websites such as the China Meteorological Association, the Hong Kong Observatory, and Tropical Storm Risk. Locate shelter, monitor media reports, and follow all official instructions.  Carry your travel documents at all times (i.e. U.S. Passport, Birth Certificate, picture IDs, etc.) or secure them in a safe, waterproof location.  You should also contact friends and family in the United States with updates about your whereabouts.

Additional information on hurricanes and storm preparedness may be found on our “Hurricane/Typhoon Season” webpage, and on the “Natural Disasters” page of the Bureau of Consular Affairs website.  Updated information on travel in China may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States and Canada, or from overseas, 1-202-501-4444.  These numbers are available from 8:00 am to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

Please continue to monitor the Consulate’s website for updated information.  Please consult the Country Specific Information for China, available on the Bureau of Consular Affairs website.   
For any emergencies involving U.S. citizens, please contact the American Citizens Services Unit of the U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou’s Consular Section, located at 5th Floor, Tianyu Garden (II phase), 136-146 Lin He Zhong Lu, Tianhe District, Guangzhou; telephone 86-20-8518-7605; after hours emergency telephone 86-20-8121-8000; ACS unit fax 86-20-3884-4410; e-mail guangzhouacs@state.gov; web page http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/service.html.  This consular district includes: the provinces/autonomous region of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Fujian.

U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou
Guangzhou, China