China – Over 70,000 Evacuate Floods and Landslides From Typhoon Ewiniar

Typhoon Ewiniar has brought torrential downpours to China’s Guangdong Province, with some areas recording over 250 mm of rain in 24 hours, 08 to 09 June, 2018.

Guangdong provincial civil affairs department said that rainfall from Ewiniar affected Meizhou, Jiangmen, Yangjiang, Zhanjiang and Yunfu.

Rainfall in China, 08 to 09 June, 2018. Image: China Meteorological Administration

As of 08 June, 73,000 people had been evacuated to safe locations. The storms also led to flight delays in Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong.

Heavy rain from Typhoon Ewiniar triggered landslides in the city of Yunfu, causing houses to collapse and landslides that killed five people. One person is still missing according to Guangdong civil affairs officials.

Ewiniar made landfall in Hainan and Guangdong earlier in the week, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. It then moved back into the South China sea before making a third landfall, again in Guangdong, on Thursday 07 June. As a tropical depression, the storm had earlier caused heavy rain in parts of Vietnam, causing landslides and flooding.

Ewiniar was forecast to move northwards and weaken into a tropical depression. However, China Meteorological Administration warned that Guangdong could still see further heavy rain in the wake of Ewiniar as well as influence from the monsoon.

NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Depression Ewiniar on June 7 at 2:05 p.m. EDT (1805 UTC) and saw coldest cloud top temperatures (purple) around the center of circulation in a small area on the southeastern China coast. Credits: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen

Flood Summary

Last updated: June 19, 2018
Event
Typhoon Ewiniar, Vietnam and Southern China, June 2018
Date
June 2 to June 9, 2018
Type
Flash flood, Landslide
Cause
Extreme rainfall
Rain associated with Tropical Depression 05W (later Tropical Cyclone Ewinar) caused flooding and landslides in Vietnam from 02 June. From 08 June the storm had reached Hainan and Guangdong in southern China.

Locations

A - Thanh Hoa Province (Vietnam)
B - Lao Cai Province (Vietnam)
C - Cao Bang Province (Vietnam)
D - Guangzhou (China)
E - Yunfu (China)
F - Meizhou (China)
G - Jiangmen (China)
H - Yangjiang (China)
I - Zhanjiang (China)

Magnitude

Rainfall level
100 mm in 24 hours
Lang Chanh in Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam - June 4 to June 5, 2018
Figures for Vietnam from Vietnam's Disaster Management Authority (DMA)
Rainfall level
96 mm in 24 hours
Con Co, Quang Tri province, Vietnam - June 4 to June 5, 2018
Rainfall level
144 mm in 24 hours
Danxian, Hainan, China - June 6 to June 7, 2018
Figures from WMO
Rainfall level
320.7 mm in 24 hours
Enping, Guangdong Province, China - June 7 to June 8, 2018
Figures for China from China's National Weather Center
Rainfall level
212.5 mm in 24 hours
Xinhui, Guangdong Province, China - June 7 to June 8, 2018
Rainfall level
183.6 mm in 24 hours
Kaiping, Guangdong Province, China - June 7 to June 8, 2018
Rainfall level
175.1 mm in 24 hours
Shunde, Guangdong Province, China - June 7 to June 8, 2018
Rainfall level
265.2 mm in 24 hours
Huadu, Guangdong Province, China - June 8 to June 9, 2018
Rainfall level
243.1 mm in 24 hours
Cong, Guangdong Province, China - June 8 to June 9, 2018
Rainfall level
231.7 mm in 24 hours
Fogang, Guangdong Province, China - June 8 to June 9, 2018
Rainfall level
210.4 mm in 24 hours
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China - June 8 to June 9, 2018

Damages

Fatalities
1 person
Quan Son district in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam - June 2 to June 6, 2018
Buildings destroyed
7 buildings
Vietnam - June 2 to June 6, 2018
Five houses have been damaged by landslides (3 in Lao Cai and 2 in Thanh Hoa). Two houses were washed away by flooding in Cao Bang.
Evacuated
73,000
Guangdong Province, China - June 8 to June 10, 2018
Fatalities
5 people
Yunfu - June 8 to June 10, 2018
Heavy rain from Typhoon Ewiniar triggered landslides in the city of Yunfu, causing houses to collapse and landslides that killed five people