Jennifer Jett is the Asia Digital Editor for NBC News, based in Hong Kong.
HONG KONG — The deadly Super Typhoon Yagi made landfall in China on Friday, with much of life in the region brought to a standstill by what officials said could be the strongest storm to hit the country’s southern coast in a decade. Yagi is the biggest storm in Asia so far this year and the world’s second-most powerful tropical cyclone of 2024 after Hurricane Beryl, which affected the U.S. Gulf Coast and parts of Mexico and the Caribbean in June and July.
It is rare for super typhoons to make landfall in Hainan, accounting for only nine of the 106 typhoons to hit the island from 1949 to 2023, according to Reuters. The storm is expected to weaken after hitting Hainan and then head toward Vietnam and Laos over the weekend. Parts of the region began experiencing strong winds and heavy rain along with thunder and lightning overnight and into Friday morning.
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