Last week In the Philippinesafter major floods and landslides To Southern ChinaArriving Tropical Storm YagiAccording to Chinese media reports, it affected the city of Wenchang, located in the northeast of Hainan Island, at 16:00 local time today.
The storm is moving at 223 km/h (138 mph)hours before his arrival on Hainan Island 400 thousand peopleIt was reported that he was evacuated to a safe location.
Trains, boats and flights have been suspended since Thursday, schools have closed and authorities are warning people not to go out and seek refuge in safe areas.
After wreaking havoc in the northern Philippines last week, it is moving towards southern China. Yagi storm, which doubles its strength,seen so far this year second strongest stormwas defined as.
Described as a super typhoon, Yagi is considered equivalent to a category 5 hurricane.
Meteorologists say Yagi Hainanand neighboring China’s most populous province In Guangdong ‘disaster’It was announced through media outlets on Thursday that it could cause significant damage.
Starting from Wednesday, it is preferred by tourists and ‘China’s Hawaii’The world’s longest sea crossing connecting all tourist attractions in Hainan and Macau and Zhuhai in Guangdong, which is called crossings of the main bridgewas announced to be closed.
Nine powerful typhoons have hit Hainan since 1949
In total since 1949 106 typhoonlive In Hainanin total 9 magnificent typhoonswas seen. According to Chinese authorities, ‘Yagi is the strongest typhoon to hit the southern coast in a decade’It is thought to happen.
Storm Yagi weakened after reaching China after the Philippines to northern Vietnamwas reportedly expected to arrive.
