Super Typhoon Mangkhut lands on south China coast

Xinhua Published: 2018-09-17 06:42:22
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Pedestrians walk past broken branches at Nanshan District in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2018. According to China's National Meteorological Center, Mangkhut is expected to land in Guangdong between Sunday afternoon and evening. [Photo: Xinhua]

Pedestrians walk past broken branches at Nanshan District in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2018. According to China's National Meteorological Center, Mangkhut is expected to land in Guangdong between Sunday afternoon and evening. [Photo: Xinhua]

Super Typhoon Mangkhut landed at 5 p.m. on Sunday on the coast of Jiangmen City, south China's Guangdong Province, packing winds up to 162 km per hour, according to the provincial meteorological station.

More than 2.52 million people have been relocated, and over 48,000 fishing boats called back to port in the province as of 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2018 shows a fallen road sign in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province. Super Typhoon Mangkhut landed at 5 p.m. on Sunday on the coast of Jiangmen City, south China's Guangdong Province, packing winds up to 162 km per hour, according to the provincial meteorological station. [Photo: Xinhua]

Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2018 shows a fallen road sign in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province. Super Typhoon Mangkhut landed at 5 p.m. on Sunday on the coast of Jiangmen City, south China's Guangdong Province, packing winds up to 162 km per hour, according to the provincial meteorological station. [Photo: Xinhua]

Work has been suspended at more than 29,000 construction sites and 640 tourist spots were closed.

All flights were cancelled in airports of Guangzhou and Shenzhen and will be resumed starting 8 a.m. on Monday. All high-speed train services and some normal-speed rail services have been suspended in Guangdong and Hainan provinces.

Pedestrians walk in the wind at Nanshan District in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2018. According to China's National Meteorological Center, Mangkhut is expected to land in Guangdong between Sunday afternoon and evening. [Photo: Xinhua]

Pedestrians walk in the wind at Nanshan District in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2018. According to China's National Meteorological Center, Mangkhut is expected to land in Guangdong between Sunday afternoon and evening. [Photo: Xinhua]

According to the National Meteorological Center, Mangkhut has entered Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, moving northwestward at a speed of 30 km per hour as of 11 p.m on Sunday.

Citizens walk along a waterlogged road in Macao, south China, Sept. 16, 2018. Macao has upgraded its typhoon signal to highest No.10 level on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. local time, as Typhoon Mangkhut approaches with raging storms. [Photo: Xinhua]

Citizens walk along a waterlogged road in Macao, south China, Sept. 16, 2018. Macao has upgraded its typhoon signal to highest No.10 level on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. local time, as Typhoon Mangkhut approaches with raging storms. [Photo: Xinhua]

About 228,000 people have been relocated in the region, and 98 flights were cancelled in Nanning, the region's capital city, as of 7 p.m. on Sunday. All rail services between Guangxi and Guangdong were suspended on Sunday.

Children play in a temporary shelter at a primary school in Dongping Town of Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2018. Super Typhoon Mangkhut landed at 5 p.m. on Sunday on the coast of Jiangmen City, south China's Guangdong Province. Some 600 people from disaster-prone areas in Dongping have been relocated. [Photo: Xinhua]

Children play in a temporary shelter at a primary school in Dongping Town of Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2018. Super Typhoon Mangkhut landed at 5 p.m. on Sunday on the coast of Jiangmen City, south China's Guangdong Province. Some 600 people from disaster-prone areas in Dongping have been relocated. [Photo: Xinhua]

In the region's coastal cities of Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang, over 8,000 fishing boats have returned to port, and schools will close on Monday.

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