AlHijjah 1, 1434, Oct 6, 2013, SPA -- China's maritime and meteorological authorities on Sunday issued red alerts, the highest warning, for storm tides and waves as Typhoon Fitow approached land. Fitow, the 23rd typhoon to hit China this year, is forecast to make landfall between east China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces early on Monday, Xinhua quoted the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center as saying. The center of the storm was spotted in the seawaters 235 km southeast of Wenzhou City of Zhejiang Province at 5 p.m. Sunday, with winds of up to 151.2 km per hour. It is approaching the southeastern coast of China at a speed of 15 km to 20 km per hour. The storm will bring winds of 118.8 km to 136.8 km per hour upon its landfall, according to the National Meteorological Center. Meteorological stations in Fujian and Zhejiang both issued red alerts for Fitow. More than 400,000 people have been evacuated in Fujian and Zhejiang for the storm, local authorities said.
