Superstorms Fuzhou

Morakot...

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 02:56:00 GMT

Apologies: Missed last night's 10pm report.Things got a little crazy last night as the storm was hitting Fuzhou pretty hard and the Superstorms teams were out on the streets.Today: Sunday Morning 10:30 Beijing Standard Time (BST)Xiamen - Nothing to report. Xiamen experienced very little of last night's storm.Fuzhou - Clean up details are out and about today cleaning up broken trees, repairing power cable poles, damaged houses, and satelite areas that suffered from f...
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Morako....

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:59:00 GMT

Saturday evening 8pm Beijing Standard Time (BST)Fuzhou - Destruction. Trees blown down. Harbour boats being thrown around. And more. City under RED Alert.Xiamen - Rain has started falling. Light showers. Infrequent wind gusts. Both are expected to increase later in the evening.All of Fujian Province - Storm will be at its strongest from midnight tonight through to 3am. Residents are warned to not venture out this evening and should stay indoors until the all clear s...
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Morakot....

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Saturday Evening Beijing Standard Time (BST)Fuzhou - Heavy rain has just started falling.Xiamen - Rain is hanging. Dark clouds overhead quietly passing by. Certain it will get worse as the evening progresses.Plans Fuzhou tonight - Fuzhou Superstorms teams are prepping up with offroad vehicles and inflatable rafts to work in high risk flooding districts.Plans Xiamen tonight - Research team of 6 will go to a beach facing Taiwan and record events as they occur.Next rep...
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Morakot....

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 04:07:00 GMT

Saturday Midday Beijing Standard Time.(BST)Xiamen City - Very windy. Frequent wind gusts topping 20kmh.Expecting rain later and an increase in wind speeds.Fuzhou City - Rain started. Superstorms Rescue teams still on watch there for an increase of rain, and potential flooding.Areas of focus for Fuzhou City are the surrounding satelite cities that have suffered greatly from flooding in past storms.Will report again at 6pm BST.
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Morakot

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:30:00 GMT

Friday August 7 midday Beijing Standard Time.I am located in Xiamen Island Fujian province.Recently moved house from Quanzhou city.The Superstorms typhoon rescue teams are on standby in Fuzhou city with a planning meeting tomorrow (Saturday) morning which will lead into following evening's rescue activities.We are putting together teams consisting of our typhoon rescue pro's, being aided by the Fujian Red Cross, and including some civilian volunteer helpers.All is q...
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