HONG KONG — Super Typhoon Yagi on Friday moved toward China's island province of Hainan, as authorities prepared for what could be the strongest storm to hit the country's southern coast in a decade.
HONG KONG — Super Typhoon Yagi on Friday moved toward China 's island province of Hainan, as authorities prepared for what could be the strongest storm to hit the country's southern coast in a decade. Yagi killed at least 13 people in the Philippines earlier this week when it was still classified as a tropical storm, triggering floods and landslides on the country's main island of Luzon before strengthening into a super typhoon over the past few days.
Storm clouds gather over buildings in Hong Kong on Sept. 5, 2024, as Super Typhoon Yagi moved across the South China Sea toward the southern China coast. AFP Photo'The southern Chinese province of Hainan had relocated 419,367 residents as of 11:30 a.m. on Friday with super typhoon Yagi approaching,' state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities.The Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday raised its emergency response to flooding in both provinces to the third-highest tier.
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