Rainstorm gets heavier in Taiwan Straits, as Typhoon Fung Wong approaches

FUZHOU, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorm brought about by Typhoon Fung Wong was getting heavier in Taiwan Straits on Sunday, as the eighth storm of this year was forecast to land the island province of Taiwan on Sunday night, according to the observatory in southeast China's Fujian Province.

The eye of the typhoon was monitored at 770 km southeast of Fuzhou, the provincial capital, as of Sunday morning, packing up hurricane-force winds and moving northwestward at a speed of 35 meters per second.

Influenced by Typhoon Fung Wong, Fujian was hit by winds up to force 8-11 in the morning. Its observatory forecast that rainstorm would continue on Monday in the province, which sits on the west of the Taiwan Straits.

The observatory monitored that the typhoon would make a landfall in Fujian on Monday evening or Tuesday morning, sweeping the province before moving up inland to east China's Jiangxi Province.

The Fujian provincial flood control headquarters has demanded all vessels to return to harbor before 6:00 p.m. Sunday. Disaster relief personnel were sent to help women and children on fishing vessels get on shore.