Typhoon Muifa 2011

• Taiwan
Light rain with moderate winds were reported throughout Taiwan as the outer rainbands of the system brushed the Island nation. The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) announced that heavy rains and strong winds would impact the Republic of China from midnight, that day. On August 6, The Central Weather Bureau lifted the sea warning for Taiwan as the system turned northwest and was no longer expected to cause any damage to Taiwan.
• Mainland China
As the system steered towards mainland China, PRC authorities have begun ordering fishing boats back to shore. The residents of Shanghai were also warned strictly about the system as it was expected to be as strong as Typhoon Matsa of 2005. In order to prevent any railway accident during the storm, the Shanghai railway authorities have set up a team to inspect high-speed railway facilities. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) issued a circular on August 4, ordering civil affairs agencies in the municipality of Shanghai and the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi and Shandong to carry out disaster relief operations, preventing as many causalities as possible. An Orange alert, the second highest in the four-level sea wave alert system, was issued on the East China Sea as the destructive system neared land. On August 5, the Port of Ningbo, one of the most important and busiest ports nationwide, was partially shut down in fear of the Typhoon. On that day, PRC officials have declared that the system is the strongest in the year to directly impact the nation as it passes Taiwan maintaining Typhoon strength. As a result, PRC Officials suspended several oil, dry bulk and container ports. Millions of people living along the coast were ordered to stay indoors and several 100s of flights were cancelled as the Typhoon was expected to be the worst to affect China's commercial centre since 2005. Initially, Landfall was expected over the Zhejiang Province on Saturday, August 6, 2011. The storm was expected to bring rainfall to more than ten provinces over an area of 1 million square kilometers.