Overview

• Forecasters expect landfall on Sunday between Guangdong’s Dianbai and Hainan’s Wanning with peak winds near 45 metres per second before weakening inland.
• Haikou will suspend schools, public transport and construction from Saturday afternoon, with businesses ordered to close through Sunday.
• All flights at Haikou’s Meilan International Airport will be canceled from 11 p.m. Saturday, disrupting National Day holiday travel.
• Officials report wider transport curbs including many rail cancellations, a 6 p.m. halt to tourist vessels and ferries in Sanya, and orders for fishing boats to return to port.
• Emergency agencies warn of flash flooding, urban waterlogging and landslides, with a Level‑IV typhoon and flood response activated in Guangdong and Hainan.