Schools and offices remained closed in parts of the south on Thursday as the region was hit by
It strengthened into a super typhoon Wednesday night and is currently about 610 kilometers (379 miles) southeast of the city of Zhanjiang in Guangdong province, the China Meteorological Office said.
According to the Hainan Meteorological Service, the typhoon is expected to make landfall on Friday in the region from Qionghai in Hainan to Dianbai in neighboring Guangdong province, where it will bring torrential rain.
Between 1949 and 2023, 106 typhoons made landfall in Hainan but only nine were classified as super typhoons. Yagi has the potential to become the most powerful storm in the region in a decade.
Schools, trains, flights suspended
While the weather was calm on Thursday morning, kindergartens and special schools were temporarily closed.
Meanwhile, thousands of fishing boats with about 70,000 fishermen returned to ports in and around Henan to seek shelter, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua.
Local Henan authorities suspended all flights to and from Haikou Airport from 8pm on Thursday until midnight on Friday. Beaches and coastal tourist attractions will also remain closed.
State broadcaster CCTV reported that some train services will be suspended from Thursday evening.
Hong Kong authorities said they would consider issuing their third-highest typhoon signal on Thursday afternoon. It will close many businesses and reduce transport in the Special Administrative Region.
Typhoon Yagi has already killed at least 13 people, where it triggered landslides and floods earlier this week.
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