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Typhoon Yagi hits Chinese island province
Updated On: 07 September, 2024 09:41 AM IST | Hong Kong | Agencies
They predicted it would make a second landfall in Xuwen County in neighboring Guangdong province on Friday night
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Local residents are relocated to a temporary shelter in a primary school in Wenchang, Hainan province. Pic/AP
A powerful typhoon made landfall on the Chinese tropical vacation island of Hainan 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—earlier packing winds of up to about 245 kmph near its center—made landfall in the province’s Wenchang city at around 4.20 pm. It is expected to sweep toward other parts of the island before moving to the Beibu Gulf, it said.
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