{"id":1597,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/deadly-mangkhut-ravaged-the-philippines-and-china-is-next\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:33:08","slug":"deadly-mangkhut-ravaged-the-philippines-and-china-is-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/deadly-mangkhut-ravaged-the-philippines-and-china-is-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Mangkhut Ravaged the Philippines, and China Is Next!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Yesterday when I woke up, I looked out my window and saw nothing but blue skies. The sun was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs?regionType=european\">shining<\/a> as if it were just another summer day. But I thought: \u201cWait\u2026 what? Where\u2019s the typhoon?\u201d<br \/>\nBut I was too naive.<br \/>\nAll of a sudden, it all became quite obvio<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsEY-0s1FTJg2g25_IkXxMFPxLhA?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #3b3b3b;\">Yesterday when I woke up, I looked out my window and saw nothing but blue skies. The sun was shining as if it were just another summer day. But I thought: \u201cWait\u2026 what? Where\u2019s the typhoon?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #3b3b3b;\">Then I took this picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fp7UIk4T5ztDGDCX-RfuEDCfm_Ew?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpeg\" width=\"1032\" height=\"1486\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\">But I was too naive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\">All of a sudden, it all became quite obvious: this was, as the expression goes, the calm before the storm. m<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\">I\u2019ve heard some people say that the stronger the typhoon, the bluer the sky and the shinier the sun and, well\u2026 They were as blue and shiny as they could get!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #e33737;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #e33737;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0Mangkhut\uff08super typhoon\uff09<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0See this picutre<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkUK7kaHashAPefkJq6W9tLv9CfA?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.gif\" width=\"589\" height=\"587.6302325581395\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">Now here\u2019s a side-by-side comparison of three different storms to understand the magnitude of Mangkhut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">\u2193<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjaqE3Uof-X5auJykIKm9BZSlaQ2?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.jpeg\" width=\"775\" height=\"275\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">left<\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\"> picture is a capture of Hurricane Florence near the United States which was once categorized at level 4 before being downgraded to category 1 upon landfall. Emergency evacuations had to be called in four U.S. states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">The capture in the <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">middle<\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\"> is Typhoon Jebi, which hit Japan dramatically a few days ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">And the <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">last <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">picture, as you\u2019ve probably guessed it, is Super Typhoon Mangkhut. \u00a0The scale for each of these photos is the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fjselwg2DSuCtOytsV0oFSGja0HL?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"4.gif\" width=\"589\" height=\"589\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How terrible it is? Photos and footage of its wrath in the Philippines from a couple of days ago paint a pretty scary scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\">Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall along the northeastern coast of Luzon island in the Philippines with a peak strength of 17 \u2013 the highest \u2013 on the centre\u2019s typhoon wind speed scale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #3b3b3b;\">Videos of the devastating typhoon were uploaded on Instagram and spread all over social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #3b3b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fig1jMZqtIY_C2dr8LkuOOa54l3C?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"5.gif\" width=\"589\" height=\"589\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #3b3b3b;\">Tuguegarao City in The Philippines<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #3b3b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fkw9bLOUW5J2j2Dic2dpAjtvSbvu?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"6.gif\" width=\"589\" height=\"333.76666666666665\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">This morning<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #4a4a4a;\">Surf Town in the Philippines<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #4a4a4a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FgkenxrpYRyovRq172d_HcHisWi3?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"7.gif\" width=\"589\" height=\"736.25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\">People can&#8217;t stand still on the road<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 14px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrPFgmqdUp8RT77OHzre3GO9ryuR?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"8.gif\" width=\"589\" height=\"330.96190476190475\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We\u2019re sending prayers and positive thoughts to the people of the Philippines<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fn-U0llsvRXqlMEXkuV--WjR7Ayx?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"u1F64F.0.png\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0Pay\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><b>Pay Attention<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\">No matter where the landing site of the typhoon is, it will bring severe wind and rain to the whole of Guangdong and South China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The whirlwind of clouds surrounding the eye of the typhoon will cover a total of nine provinces in China.. This is the equivalent of half the entire surface of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXyNEXS_O-F8O-LNVfP1PhJ5w9P?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"9.jpeg\" width=\"589\" height=\"612.9962962962964\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This typhoon is no joke, and citizens of the Guangdong\/Hong Kong\/Macau regions have already stocked up on food and drinks to prepare for a troubling weekend ahead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkefDWAFJTtWfHDlreeDNsUDlLKt?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"10.jpeg\" width=\"589\" height=\"594.2031802120141\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">Today, September 16th Guangdong will feel the effects of the typhoon which is expected to be a category 15 (down from 17) with very, very strong winds and heavy downpours.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The eye of the typhoon has already left the Philippines and is en route for us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The main impact of the typhoon waswill be felt on Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fg7XTiMN8ur-ApLteWqtPU9yzDgf?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"11.jpeg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #e33737;\"><strong>VERY important information you need to read:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><strong>\u00a01\u3001city parks will be closed\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once the yellow alert is set up, city parks will be closed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please do not enter the park, and pay attention to weather changes and warning signals to ensure personal safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><strong>\u00a02\u3001 Stay away from the sea\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There will be heavy rain and high waves from today to tomorrow (16-17) Citizens should stay away from the sea, avoid seaside, and any other island <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/tourism\/\" title=\"View all posts in tourism\" >tourism<\/a> activity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><strong>\u00a03\u3001Tickets for more than one train stopped\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tickets for several trains from Fujian to Guangdong were stopped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">September 16th, 17th, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/shenzhen\/\" title=\"View all posts in Shenzhen\" >Shenzhen<\/a> West station to Chengdu- K586 and Chongqing North K836 train stop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><strong>\u00a04\u3001Stick &#8220;\u7c73&#8221; shape tapes for wind protection \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The middle of the glass is more fragile. So interleaving tape on the inside window can increase the firmness of the glass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This can not only resist the greater wind pressure, but also prevent glass from breaking when splashing people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FqoZ08h54XzZEiZ71uU8Dhdj0TYc?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"12.jpeg\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This typhoon already\u00a0came today.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There is unfortunately nothing we can do about it other than reminding you to please, PLEASE be safe.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #ff2941;\"><strong>STAY AT HOME!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmO0rtKmh3kKE5hjmxR-_B4vpOgP?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC QR Code.jpeg\" width=\"682\" height=\"431\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrUoEwTtUgnTBv4WNCTcJ95vjD19?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC Cooperation Code.jpeg\" width=\"1133\" height=\"1080\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yesterday when I woke up, I looked out my window and saw nothing but blue skies. 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