(0729 CR M05) BRACING FOR STORM
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(0729 CR M05) BRACING FOR STORM
From Xinhua News Agency: (0729 CR M05) BRACING FOR STORM DATELINE: July 29, 2011 LENGTH: 00:01:52 PKG INTRO The fierce tropical storm Nock-Ten is continuing its path northwestward to hit south China and likely to gain power. The country's meteorologic authority has issued a yellow alert for the storm, the second-lowest alert in the country's four-level storm alert system. PKG Nock-Ten, the eighth and the most powerful storm to hit China so far this year, is approaching at a speed of 20 km per hour. It's expected to make landfall over the coastal regions of western Guangdong and eastern Hainan Province. As of 5p.m. Thursday, the center of the storm was 440 kilometers southeast off Hainan's Wenchang City, packing strong winds. Local authorities are now on high alert, as the storm is likely to gain power and strengthened into a typhoon. SOUNDBITE (CHINESE) CAI QINBO, HAINAN METEOROLOGIC CENTER: "Nock-Ten will affect a broad region. It may strengthen further into a typhoon before it make landfall over t Powered by www.newslook.com
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