According to the latest information from the Hainan Meteorological Service, Tyhoon Yagi, this year’s 11^th named storm, has strengthened into a strong typhoon and is expected to make landfall as a strong or super typhoon on the coast between Qionghai, Hainan and Dianbai, Guangdong on the afternoon of the 6^th.

On the morning of Sept. 4^th, the Hainan Meteorological Service issued a Level III Typhoon Warning. China’s National Meteorological Center continued the previously issued Orange Typhoon Warning, the second highest level in a four-tier scale.

According to the current season, wind circulation, and path of Typhoon Yagi, there is a high probability that the storm will impact Hainan and will be comparable to the impact of Typhoon Rammasun, which hit Hainan in 2014. Typhoon Yagi may be the strongest typhoon to impact Hainan in the last ten years.

Due to the impact of Typhoon Yagi, all passenger trains arriving in and departing from Hainan Island will be suspended from Sept. 5-7. Passenger and vehicle ferry services across the Qiongzhou Strait will be suspended at midnight on Sept. 4, and are expected to remain suspended through Sept. 8.

Over the next three days, Hainan will experience severe winds and rain. Please keep safe when traveling, pay close attention to official warning information, and make careful preparations for the storm.