School and work in parts of southern China are on hold as Typhoon Yagi moves in. Landfall is expected Friday along the coastal area of island province Hainan. With maximum sustained windspeeds of 130 miles per hour, it has the potential to be the most powerful storm there in a decade.
HONG KONG — School and work were suspended Thursday in parts of southern China as Typhoon Yagi closed in on an island province with the potential to be the most powerful storm to hit the area in a decade., with maximum sustained winds of 210 kilometers per hour, would skirt around 300 kilometers southwest of the financial hub on Friday morning. Kindergartens and special schools were canceled in the semi-autonomous city while the weather remained calm Thursday morning.
China’s official news agency, Xinhua, said tens of thousands of fishing boats returned to ports in Hainan and elsewhere to seek shelter, along with nearly 70,000 fishers. State broadcaster CCTV said some train services would be suspended starting Thursday evening. Hainan Meteorological Service forecast the typhoon would make landfall Friday along the region from Qionghai in Hainan to Dianbai in neighboring Guangdong province. Meteorological authorities said it could be the strongest typhoon to hit Hainan in the past 10 years, Xinhua reported.
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