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BEIJING: Two tropical cyclones will bring gales and heavy rain to China’s eastern seaboard this week, with the first expected to make landfall on Sunday (Jul 21), after deadly flash floods struck the country’s interior over the weekend.
Prapiroon, named after a Thai rain god, is expected to make landfall in China’s southernmost island province of Hainan on Sunday night as a strong tropical storm, the first tropical cyclone to hit China this year, national forecasters said.
Formed in the South China Sea, Prapiroon’s centre was about 275km…