Typhoon Utor continues to churn the water across the South China Sea Tuesday night, local time, as it heads toward southeast China.
Utor slammed into the Philippines near the Casapsapan Bay early on Monday morning local time (Sunday afternoon EDT) as a powerful typhoon.
Utor was upgraded to a super typhoon on Sunday night local time when a distinctive eye developed on satellite imagery. Prior to Utor making landfall, AccuWeather.com meteorologists concluded that Utor had undergone some weakening and lost its super typhoon status.
Utor will continue to move across the South China Sea toward southeastern China, with a second landfall expected Wednesday afternoon.
AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls cautions, “These areas were hit hard by Mangkhut last week and Jebi the week prior. Another round of nasty weather from Utor is on the table.”
With Utor, mudslides can occur with the heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts can damage infrastructure, and large waves are likely as the storm moves onshore a second time.
Rainfall of 6-12 inches will be possible along and near the track of Utor with wind gusts greater than 75 mph, especially near and just inland from where Utor makes landfall.
Some parts of southern China into Vietnam have seen over a foot of rain the past two weeks from other tropical systems, so this will only act to increase the flooding threat.
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