Typhoon Lionrock is headed to northeast China this week, making it the tenth storm to hit the country in 2016.
Strong winds and heavy rainfall are likely to rock Liaoning and Jilin either Wednesday or Thursday, after traveling through Japan on Tuesday.
With wind gusts up to 180 kilometers per hour, the storm is moving north at 30 kilometers per hour and is expected to make landfall in the northeast later in the day, Shanghai Daily reports.
According to the Agency, Typhoon Lionrock breaks a 46-year-old record. It formed over 10 days ago, making it the longest-lasting typhoon out of those devleoped above the 30th parallel north (30 degrees north of the Earth's equitorial plane).
There's more to come however, China's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center has warned, as another five or six typhoons will hit China in September.
The high frequency of these storms are due to the La Niña weather phenomenon, which causes changes in the atmosphere.
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