Overview

• All flights at Haikou’s Meilan International Airport are scheduled to be cancelled from 11 p.m. Saturday, according to Xinhua.
• Sanya’s Maritime Safety Bureau prohibited all tourist ships and ferries from 6 p.m. Saturday as coastal conditions deteriorate.
• Haikou ordered suspensions of schools, work and public transport from Saturday afternoon through Sunday, with additional closures of construction sites and businesses reported by state media.
• The National Meteorological Centre expects landfall on Sunday between Guangdong’s Dianbai and Hainan’s Wanning with peak winds near 42–48 m/s and heavy rain reaching parts of Guangxi and Yunnan.
• China activated a Level‑IV emergency response, rail services were curtailed and fishing boats recalled, and Hong Kong raised Strong Wind Signal No. 3 ahead of the storm during the National Day travel surge.