In preparation for its anticipated land along Hainan’s exotic coast, super typhoon Yagi is expected to make its way to China’s southern provinces and cities, shutting down schools and putting off travel. Its storm is expected to make its biggest storm to hit the area in nearly a decade.
Yagi strengthened into a super typhoon on Wednesday ( Sep 4 ) night and is currently around 610km southeast of Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China’s Meteorological office said on Thursday.
Yagi is anticipated to move west at a rate of 10 to 15 kilometers per hour, bringing heavy rains to Guangdong and Hainan Island’s southern coastal areas. From the day of September 6 to the evening of September 6 it will make land along the coast of Qionghai, Hainan, and Dianbai, Guangdong.
On Thursday night, several schools in southern China, including those in the financial hotspot of Hong Kong and the gaming hub of Macao, were shut down while many other schools shut down.
Hong Kong said it would think about issuing its third-highest storms message on Thursday evening, which would reduce traffic and the specific operational region’s transportation needs.
Local authorities announced that all inbound and outbound flights from Hainan’s Haikou airport may remain suspended from Thursday at 8 p.m. until Friday evening as a result of the closure of beaches and coastal tourists attractions.
The projected land of Super typhoon Yagi in Hainan is uncommon, with the majority of typhoons landing on the duty-free island rated as poor. From 1949 to 2023, 106 storms landed in Hainan but merely 9 were classified as super storms.
In the Philippines, at least 13 people were killed earlier this month as a result of Yagi.