Typhoon Matmo strengthened before making landfall on Sunday ChinaMotivate the government to vacate some 347,000 people from southern provinces Guangdong And Hanan,
According to China’s National Meteorological Center, there was a maximum continuous air speed of 151 km per hour (94 mph) on Sunday morning. It killed Zanjiang in Guangdong around Sunday. The Meteorological Authority issued a red-tier storm warning, which is the highest in its system.
Hainan, which is also on the route of the storm, canceled the flights and discontinued public transport and businesses starting on Saturday in preparation for the storm. According to the state media, paper, the province also vacated 197,856 people.
Matmo hit the south -western parts of Guangdong directly, where 151,000 people came out, the paper told. Meanwhile, local media broadcast footage showing large waves of seawater washing on the roads in villages from the coast in Zanjiang, Guangdong.
With the expectation of 100 to 249 mm (3.93 to 9.8 inches) in Guangdong and parts of Hannan, authorities are also being warned of heavy rains.
Classes and tuition sessions were canceled due to weather conditions in the field of Macau, which is not in the direct path of typhoon.
Earlier this week, Matma had passed through the Philippines. While there were no reports of casualties or major damage, the storm affected over 220,000 people in five northern agricultural plains and mountainous regions. Disaster-reaction officials said on Sunday that about 35,000 of them went away from emergency shelters or relatives away from landslides.
The storm will then move towards the west and north towards the north Vietnam And China Yunnan province.
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Manila, Associated Press Writer Jim Gomez contributed to this report in the Philippines.