Typhoon Bolaven to land in NE China

Typhoon Bolaven is expected to make landfall in northeast China's Liaoning province on Tuesday, the meteorological center of the city of Shenyang said Monday.

The center issued a yellow alert for Bolaven on Monday morning, the second-highest level in the country's four-tier color-coded weather warning system, predicting the severe typhoon will land in the city of Dandong in Liaoning and the northwestern region of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday evening.

Bolaven, the 15th typhoon of the year, entered the East China Sea on Monday, bringing gales and downpours to eastern coastal areas, according to the Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory.

The observatory said Bolaven was located 540 km away from the coastal county of Xiangshan in Zhejiang province as of 5 a.m.

Flights linking the city of Ningbo and Jesu Island in South Korea, as well as the city of Taichung in Taiwan, have been canceled following the arrival of Bolaven, Ningbo airport authorities said.

Liaoning's flood relief departments have taken action to prepare for typhoon-triggered natural disasters, sending personnel to inspect reservoirs, bridges and roads.