While schools are still closed in some areas of the larger southern region as super typhoon Yagi approaches, trains, boats, and flights in the area have been suspended for a second day.
After wrecking devastation in the northern Philippines earlier this week, Yagi has doubled in strength. Near its eye, winds of up to 240 km/h (150 mph) are now being packed by it.
According to meteorologists, Yagi can bring “catastrophic” devastation to neighboring Guangdong, the most populated province in China, as well as Hainan.
Super typhoon Yagi is “extremely dangerous and powerful” and is about to make a “potentially catastrophic” landfall.
A Category 5 hurricane is equal to a supertyphoon.
Hainan authorities have been warning of “massive and destructive winds” and have ordered the closure of all tourist attractions since Wednesday.
The primary bridge in Guangdong that connects Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai, the longest sea crossing in the world, was also closed.
Since Thursday, there have been powerful gales and a lot of rain in several areas of the region. The meteorological bureau in China anticipates 500 mm of rainfall.
