Overview

• The year’s strongest tropical cyclone made landfall on Hailing Island near Yangjiang on Wednesday and reached Beihai, Guangxi, early Thursday as a tropical storm.
• Guangdong relocated roughly 2.0–2.2 million people, reported widespread outages and treefall, and recorded a 241 km/h gust in Jiangmen as crews cleared flooded roads and debris.
• Hong Kong lowered its top warning after Signal 10, treated more than 100 injuries, and resumed flights Thursday after about 1,000 services were disrupted.
• Taiwan revised the death toll to 14 from flooding linked to a barrier-lake overflow in Hualien, with 33 people still unaccounted for.
• China earmarked 150 million yuan for relief, and Vietnam’s prime minister ordered infrastructure protection and evacuation readiness as the weakening system moves west.