A million people are relocated as Typhoon Yagi makes 2 landfalls in southern China

Associated Press

HONG KONG (AP) — A powerful typhoon has made two landfalls in southern China after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of life in the region to a halt. The Hainan province’s meteorological service said Typhoon Yagi made landfall in the province’s Wenchang city at 4:20 p.m. on Friday. China’s national meteorological authorities said Yagi was the strongest autumn typhoon to land in China, and it made another landfall in neighboring Guangdong province at night. Ahead of the landfall, nearly 420,000 residents have been relocated in the province, so have more than half a million people in Guangdong. In Hong Kong, trading on the stock market, bank services and schools were halted earlier and nine people were injured.