Precautions Underway as Utor Approaching S China

　　Precautionary measures are being taken as a massive typhoon approaches southern China.

 

　　CRI's He Fei has the details.

 

　　Typhoon Utor, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is forecast to make landfall in southeast Guangdong sometime Wednesday evening.

 

　　As such, shipping¹ and train services on the Qiongzhou Strait, which runs between the mainland and Hainan, have been suspended.

 

　　The massive storm is currently tracking toward the Leizhou Peninsula.

 

　　It's brining with it winds of around 175-kilometers per hour in the center of the storm.

 

　　Utor is already stirring up waves of 3.5 to 4.5-meters in height on Hainan and along Guangdong's coastal² areas, bringing heavy rains along with it as well.

 

　　The storm is creating swells³ of up to 10-meters high in the northern part of the South China Sea.

 

　　Local authorities in affected⁴ regions are being told to remain on duty around the clock.

 

　　Forecasters are expecting the storm to continue tracking over the Leizhou Peninsula, where it's expected to weaken significantly into a tropical storm by Thursday.

 

　　However, it is expected to dump heavy amounts of rain into parts of Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou before dissipating.

 

　　Utor rolled through the northern Philippines over the weekend, killing⁵ at least one person and leaving some 40 others missing.

 

　　For CRI, this is He Fei.

1 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

2 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。