After Saola, Guangdong braces for Haikui
The mainland is bracing for another typhoon this week, just days after Saola forced a halt to rail services and led to almost a million people being evacuated from their homes. The meteorological observatory of Guangdong warned that Haikui, which is currently a severe typhoon, is expected to seriously affect the province on Tuesday and Wednesday. Authorities in Fujian are also on alert for the approaching storm. Saola first made landfall in Zhuhai early on Saturday morning with winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour before making a second landfall in Yangjiang City in the afternoon, Xinhua News Agency said. It added that the gales and torrential rains affected about 573 hectares of crops in Guangdong.