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HONG KONG AP 鈥?A powerful typhoon made landfall on the Chinese tropical vacation island of Hainan Friday after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of life in the region to a halt and forcing about
adidas campus a million people in the country south to leave their homes.The Hainan province meteorological service said Yagi 鈥?earlier packing winds of up to about 245 kph 152 mph near its center 鈥?made landfall in the province Wenchang city at around 4:20 p.m. It is expected to sweep toward other parts of the island bef
af1 ore moving to the Beibu Gulf, it said.China national meteorological authorities said Yagi was the strongest autumn typhoon to have landed in China. They predict
nike dunk ed it would make a second landfall in Xuwen County in neighboring Guangdong province on Friday night.READ MORE: At least 14 dead in Philippines due to floods and landslides after Tropical Storm YagiAhead of the afternoon landfall, nearly 420,000 residents were relocated in Hainan, and so were more than half a million people in Guangdong, state media said.The storm brought heavy rain across most of Hainan and some areas faced power outages. Strong winds buffeted the province iconic coconut trees. People built sandbag barriers outside buildings to guard against possible floods and reinforced their windows with tape, China official Xinhua news agency reported.State media said classes, work, transportation and businesses had been suspended in parts of the provi
