Typhoon Khanun makes landfall in S China
China Daily/CGTN | 2017-10-16 08:11
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Students are released at Changmao Garden School in Haikou, Hainan province, on Sunday. Schools in 10 cities and counties in Hainan take a day off on Monday as Typhoon Khanun lands. [Huang Yiming/China Daily] |
Typhoon Khanun landed in Xuwen county, South China's Guangdong province, at around 3:25 am on Monday (19:25 GMT on Sunday), bringing gales of 28 meters per second at its eye, according to local meteorological authorities.
It is the 20th typhoon to hit China this year.
Cities in Guangdong and neiboring areas will suffer heavy rain in the next 24 hours.
