More than 700,000 people have been evacuated and over 1,800 flights grounded after Hongxia battered southern China with destructive winds and torrential rain
Typhoon Hongxia, internationally known as Noul, made landfall in southern China’s Guangdong Province early Sunday, triggering mass evacuations, widespread transportation disruptions, and torrential rain across southern China and Hong Kong.
The year’s 12th tropical cyclone – the strongest to hit China this year – came ashore near Pinghai Town in Huidong County, Huizhou City, at around 3:50 AM local time (19:50 GMT Saturday), with maximum sustained winds of 162 kph (100 mph), according to China’s National Meteorological Center. It was the first typhoon to make landfall in...
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