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Typhoon Saola, the ninth typhoon of this year, made landfall in the city of Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, according to the province's meteorological observatory.
A beach in Zhuhai City in south China's Guangdong Province before Typhoon Saola lands. /CMG
With a maximum wind speed of 42 to 46 meters per second near its eye, Saola landed in the coastal area of Jinwan District in Zhuhai. It is expected to wane as it moves west by south along the coastline of Guangdong at a speed of 15 to 20 km per hour, according to the forecast.
By 10 a.m. on Friday, over 780,000 people in Guangdong had been evacuated from risky areas, all of the province's 80,000-plus fishery vessels had returned to harbor for shelter, and 13 cities in the province had postponed the start date of the autumn semester for primary, middle schools and kindergartens, according to the province's flood, drought and typhoon control headquarters.
Typhoon Saola caused high tides in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region during the night of September 1, 2023. /CFP
Saola is expected to bring strong gales and heavy rain to Guangdong's southern and coastal areas from Saturday to Sunday, according to local meteorological observatory. Affected by Saola, from Saturday to Sunday, there is expected to be torrential rainfall in areas of southwestern Guangdong Province, southeastern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, western Yunnan Province and eastern Taiwan region.
(With input from Xinhua.)
(Cover image via CFP)
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