2nd LD-Writethru-China Focus: China issues this year's first red alert for typhoon

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China's National Meteorological Center issued a red alert, the highest level, for Typhoon Gaemi at 10 a.m. Wednesday. This is the first red alert for a typhoon issued this year.

Typhoon Gaemi, the third typhoon of this year, was located 70 km southeast of Taiwan's Yilan County at 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to a red alert renewed by the center at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The typhoon