Overview

• More than 350,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in southern China, including about 197,000 in Hainan and over 150,000 in Guangdong, with additional evacuations reported in Guangxi.
• The National Meteorological Center issued the highest typhoon warning as Matmo’s sustained winds reached about 151 km/h, and Guangdong activated a level‑1 emergency for winds with a national level‑3 flood alert in effect.
• Landfall is forecast around midday between Wuchuan in Guangdong and Wenchang in Hainan before the storm weakens and tracks inland toward northern Vietnam and China’s Yunnan province.
• Transport has been widely suspended, with all flights canceled at Zhanjiang airport, rail services halted in Hainan, Qiongzhou Strait ferries stopped, and passenger ferry routes in Guangxi suspended.
• Flood controls include the release of more than 800 million cubic meters of water from Hainan reservoirs, with authorities warning of significant river rises and local rainfall totals that could reach 320 millimeters.