As a result of the tropical storm Yagi’s strengthening into a super typhoon and barreling straight for the holiday island province of Hainan, cities in southern China suspended classes and canceled some airlines on Thursday ( Sep 4).
The storms crossed the South China Sea and headed westward toward Hainan, with winds of up to 209 kilometers, according to China’s Xinhua news agency.
” Hainan upgraded its emergency response to Yagi to the highest degree at 11.30am on Thursday, according to the provincial crisis management authority”, Xinhua said.
On Friday afternoon, the tornado is forecast to make landfall in either Hainan or Guangdong.
Work, class and local transfer services were suspended from Thursday lunchtime in Haikou, Hainan’s funds.
The temperature observatory issued the city’s third-highest tornado warning at 6.20pm, which is expected to pass, and imposes restrictions on public transportation throughout the finance hub.
On Thursday, classes at Hong Kong’s preschool and exclusive schools were suspended, and budget airline Hong Kong Express reported that six flights had been rescheduled.
Due to the bad weather, Greater Bay Airlines announced that they would withdraw four planes and cancel two more.
The centre predicted that Yagi will continue to travel at very tornado intensity and make its way about 300 kilometers to the west of Hong Kong tomorrow morning.
The Pearl River Estuary’s immediate region is expected to be affected by the yagi-related storm winds tonight and tomorrow morning.
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 tornado Yagi in Hainan is uncommon, with the majority of typhoons landed on the duty-free island labeled poor. From 1949 to 2023, 106 storms landed in Hainan but merely 9 were classified as super storms.
After southern China, Yagi may travel to Vietnam, aiming to beat the north and northern parts of Halong Bay, which are both renowned for its UNESCO heritage sites.
Vietnam’s weather agency issued a surprise caution on Thursday, and the state mobilised more than 2, 700 military officers for wind answer.
On Friday, cruising is being prohibited in southern provinces, while Vietnam’s rocky provinces were given instructions to set up rescue vehicles.
Yagi caused at least 13 fatalities in the Philippines before this year.