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The last super typhoon to strike Hainan Island was Typhoon Rammasun in 2014, which hit as a Category 5 equivalent, destroying 51,000 homes. A map showing Category 3-5 equivalent (Saffir-Simpson ...
When it hit Haikou, in northern Hainan, gusts as strong as 150 kilometers per hour (93 miles per hour) were recorded. The approaching typhoon had already brought cities across Hainan (population ...
The typhoon had shut schools, businesses and transport links in Hong Kong, Macau, Hainan and Guandong as well as airports in Vietnam, which it is predicted to hit, along with Laos, over the weekend.
Typhoon Haiyan reached Hainan Province, where severe damage took place and six people were killed in various incidents. [96] The hardest hit area was Qionghai, where roughly 3,500 people across 20 villages were isolated due to extensive flooding. [97]
Yagi, which means goat or the constellation of Capricornus in Japanese, was the eleventh named storm, the first violent typhoon, and the first super typhoon of the annual typhoon season. It was one of the most intense typhoons ever to strike Northern Vietnam , the strongest typhoon to strike Hainan during the meteorological autumn, and the ...
A flood control team was sent to Hainan in preparation for flooding. [28] A No. 1 Typhoon warning signal was issued by the Hong Kong Observatory for Hong Kong, from the afternoon of July 20 to noon on July 22. [29] As Prapiroon made landfall in Hainan, twelve counties and cities on the island received rainfall in excess of 100 mm (4 in).
Typhoon Mujigae brought severe impacts to the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan from October 3 to 6, affecting over 7.5 million people and killing 27. With economic losses estimated at ¥27 billion (US$4.3 billion), Mujigae was the costliest typhoon to impact China in 2015.
Super Typhoon Yagi, one of this year’s most powerful storms, is set to slam into the Chinese holiday island of Hainan later on Friday, after its outer bands lashed Hong Kong and parts of ...