Super Typhoon Yagi killed two people and injured 92 others in the Southern Chinese island province of Hainan, state media reported Saturday.
Wenchang City reported 12 injuries and Haikou City reported 80 injuries as of Saturday morning.
As the typhoon’s intensity diminished, Hainan lowered its alert level and commenced rapid recovery efforts throughout the province.More than 2,200 workers have been deployed to restore electricity to over 1.5 million affected households, with more than 20% of those households reconnected to the grid by 7 am on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Authorities are also working to clear blocked roads, with 51 out of 89 main roads now accessible. High-speed rail services around the island are expected to resume on Saturday afternoon, while ferry services in the Qiongzhou Strait are anticipated to restart by Sunday evening.
Haikou Meilan International Airport will remain closed until Sunday noon due to the lingering effects of Typhoon Yagi. However, Sanya Phoenix International Airport, located in the popular tourist destination of Sanya, began gradually resuming flight operations at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Rescue teams are also working diligently to restore communications, as more than 12,500 base stations were damaged across the province, with Wenchang City experiencing the most severe damage to its communications infrastructure.
“Super Typhoon Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, made two landfalls in China on Friday, first striking Hainan and later Guangdong Province.”
Yagi killed at least 13 people in the Philippines earlier this week, when it was still classified as a tropical storm, before strengthening into a super typhoon over the next few days, according to the AP news agency.
The storm will head towards Vietnam after moving through southern China, on course to hit the northern and north-central regions around the famed UNESCO heritage site Halong Bay on Saturday.
Wenchang City reported 12 injuries and Haikou City reported 80 injuries as of Saturday morning.
As the typhoon’s intensity diminished, Hainan lowered its alert level and commenced rapid recovery efforts throughout the province.More than 2,200 workers have been deployed to restore electricity to over 1.5 million affected households, with more than 20% of those households reconnected to the grid by 7 am on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Authorities are also working to clear blocked roads, with 51 out of 89 main roads now accessible. High-speed rail services around the island are expected to resume on Saturday afternoon, while ferry services in the Qiongzhou Strait are anticipated to restart by Sunday evening.
Haikou Meilan International Airport will remain closed until Sunday noon due to the lingering effects of Typhoon Yagi. However, Sanya Phoenix International Airport, located in the popular tourist destination of Sanya, began gradually resuming flight operations at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Rescue teams are also working diligently to restore communications, as more than 12,500 base stations were damaged across the province, with Wenchang City experiencing the most severe damage to its communications infrastructure.
“Super Typhoon Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, made two landfalls in China on Friday, first striking Hainan and later Guangdong Province.”
Yagi killed at least 13 people in the Philippines earlier this week, when it was still classified as a tropical storm, before strengthening into a super typhoon over the next few days, according to the AP news agency.
The storm will head towards Vietnam after moving through southern China, on course to hit the northern and north-central regions around the famed UNESCO heritage site Halong Bay on Saturday.
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