Typhoon Yagi Makes Landfall in Southern China

One of 2024’s most powerful storms Typhoon Yagi made landfall in southern China on Friday as it forced more than a million evacuations, shuttered schools and businesses, disrupted travel and raised alarms about the risks of landslides and floods.

The U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said, it was packing maximum sustained winds of 144 miles per hour, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane. The Chinese center said, the typhoon is the strongest storm to hit Hainan in a decade. It is expected to traverse the northern part of the island before crossing the Gulf of Tonkin and making landfall again in northern Viet Nam as a weaker storm on Saturday afternoon.