Typhoon Saola and Storm Haikui head towards China seen from satellite

China has issued its highest typhoon warning as Typhoon Saola approaches its south-eastern coast.

Tropical Storm Haikui has also been forecast to strengthen into a typhoon and is expected to make landfall on China's Zhejiang Province around 3 September.

The scene was captured by the GOES satellite, by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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