Following a storm that left 77 dead in China last week, two tropical storms could hit Taiwan later this week before moving on to China, Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said on Monday.
Tropical storm Saomai was moving toward Taiwan from the southeast, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 74 mph and gusts up to 96 mph, the weather bureau said.
Tropical storm Bopha is bringing maximum sustained wind speeds of nearly 60 mph and gusts of up to 74 mph, also from the southeast.
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Bopha was due to reach southern Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon. Saomai would touch the northern end of the island a day later, the weather bureau said.
Typhoons and tropical storms frequently hit Taiwan, south China and the Philippines during a season that lasts from early summer through late autumn.
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The death toll in south China from floods and landslides caused by tropical storm Prapiroon last week rose to 77, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency said.
Prapiroon, which means “God of Rain” in Thai, was the sixth storm of the season to hit southern China.














