{"id":151443,"date":"2026-08-27T22:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/typhoon-saudel-lashes-china-heavy-rains-and-hundreds-of-flights-cancelled\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:07:08","slug":"typhoon-saudel-lashes-china-heavy-rains-and-hundreds-of-flights-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/typhoon-saudel-lashes-china-heavy-rains-and-hundreds-of-flights-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon Saudel lashes China: heavy rains and hundreds of flights cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Typhoon Saudel hits China&#8217;s east coast and paralyzes air transport<\/h2>\n\n<p>The province of Zhejiang, located in the eastern part of China, has been the point of impact for Typhoon Saudel this Friday morning. This meteorological phenomenon, classified as the eighteenth of the season, has forced local authorities to activate emergency protocols in the face of strong winds and high-intensity rainfall that have affected the normality of the region.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to official reports, the center of the system made landfall near 08:05, local time, in the vicinity of the coastal city of Taizhou. At the time of its arrival, Saudel was recording sustained winds of up to 35 meters per second, maintaining a central pressure of 975 hectopascals, which has caused significant disruption to the daily and operational activities of the province.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact on air connectivity<\/h2>\n\n<p>One of the sectors most affected by the passage of the cyclone has been air transport. More than 200 flights have been canceled at various airports in the east and southeast of the country, hindering the mobility of thousands of passengers. The Wenzhou and Ningbo air terminals have been the most affected, reporting a high rate of suspensions in their scheduled operations.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wenzhou: 82 flights cancelled with operations reduced to a minimum.<\/li><li>Ningbo: 36 cancellations recorded.<\/li><li>Shanghai-Pudong: 91 flights cancelled, maintaining partial operations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Forecast and precautionary measures<\/h2>\n\n<p>The National Meteorological Center has projected that the typhoon will move west-northwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. Although the system is expected to gradually lose strength after making landfall, meteorological authorities warn that the cyclonic circulation will continue to cause adverse conditions.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rainfall accumulations of between 250 and 280 millimeters are anticipated in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian over the next few hours, so the call remains for the population to follow safety instructions and avoid unnecessary travel.<\/p><cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>This event occurs following the passage of the Narra system, which recently affected Hainan and Guangdong, leaving behind flooding and thousands of evacuations. The recurrence of these weather phenomena has marked a complex summer in China, characterized by torrential rains and constant cyclonic activity that has required a continuous response from civil protection teams throughout the national territory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typhoon Saudel hits China&#8217;s east coast and paralyzes air transport The province of Zhejiang, located in the eastern part of China, has been the point of impact for Typhoon Saudel this Friday morning. This meteorological phenomenon, classified as the eighteenth of the season, has forced local authorities to activate emergency protocols in the face of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[426,14477,14478,14573],"class_list":{"0":"post-151443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-saudel","10":"tag-typhoon","11":"tag-zhejiang"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}