A million people are relocated as Typhoon Yagi makes 2 landfalls in southern China
A powerful typhoon has made two landfalls in southern China after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of life in the region to a halt
HONG KONG (AP) — A powerful typhoon made two landfalls in southern China Friday after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of life in the region to a halt and forcing about a million people in the country’s south to leave their homes.
The Hainan province’s meteorological service said Yagi, which earlier packed winds of up to about 245 kph (152 mph) near its center, made landfall in the tropical vacation island's Wenchang city at around 4:20 p.m.
China’s national meteorological authorities said Yagi was the strongest autumn typhoon to have landed in China. It made a second landfall in Xuwen County in neighboring Guangdong province on Friday night.
Ahead of the afternoon landfall, nearly 420,000 residents were relocated in Hainan, and so were more than half a million people in Guangdong, state media said.
