Deadly Fanapi has finally dissipated over southeast China, but flooding rainwill persist Tuesday.After devastating Taiwan earlier in the weekend, Fanapi made landfall lateSunday, EDT, along southeastern China's Fujian province at Gulei township. Atthe time of landfall, maximum sustained winds were around 78 mph (126 kph),though winds were gusting as high as 100 mph (160 kph).
Fanapi quickly weakened once over land and has since dissipated into a tropicalrainstorm.
More than 186,000 people were evacuated across southeast China as Fanapiapproached the coast.
Many areas across southeast China have reported upwards of 10 inches of rainSunday into Monday, and more flooding rains are expected Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rainfall totals will likely exceed 3 inches near the center of TropicalRainstorm Fanapi, which includes Hong Kong.
Fanapi has left many residents in southeast China and Taiwan without power, andmany businesses and schools have closed due to flooding. Schools will stayclosed across Taiwan Tuesday, but are expected to reopen Wednesday as floodwaters recede.
Domestic and regional air and railroad services have been halted acrosssoutheast China.
Fanapi slammed onshore over eastern Taiwan late Saturday, local time, withsustained winds near 125 mph. Very heavy rainfall fell across the country, withup to 44 inches reported in the mountains, producing widespread flooding andmudslides.
All eyes are now shifting toward a newly developed tropical depression, whichformed Monday morning EDT about 250 miles north of Saipan. The good news isthat this depression, 13W, is expected to move northward then northeastward andmiss both Taiwan and southeast China.
Story by Rob Miller, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
