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Typhoon Kajiki downed trees and disrupted power in China’s Hainan island on Monday (25 August), as strong winds and heavy rain swept through the southern province, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Footage aired by CCTV showed emergency crews clearing debris from downed trees and reinforcing power lines in the resort city of Sanya.
Renowned for seafront resorts and sandy beaches, authorities in Sanya had closed tourist attractions, shuttered businesses and suspended public transport.
Hainan downgraded its emergency response from level 1, the highest level, to level 3 on Monday morning, CCTV reported, as the storm moved toward Vietnam, where it is expected to make landfall on Monday afternoon.
Vietnam has shut airports, closed schools, and initiated mass evacuations of more than 586,000 people from central provinces, as it prepares for the most powerful storm so far this year.
Seven coastal provinces in Vietnam banned boats from leaving shore early on Sunday, Tien Phong newspaper reported.
Vietnam Airlines cancelled at least 22 flights to and from central cities on Sunday and Monday. Vietjet Aviation said it was cancelling or delaying flights but did not provide details.
Since July, record rainfall has lashed China's north and south in what meteorologists have described as extreme weather linked to climate change.
Natural disasters including flooding and drought caused 52.15 billion yuan ($7.28 billion) in direct economic losses in China last month, affecting millions of people and leaving 295 dead or missing, data from the Ministry of Emergency Management showed.
The Vietnamese government likened the strength of Kajiki to that of Yagi, which battered the country less than a year ago, killing about 300 people and causing $3.3 billion of property damage.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
The Trump administration has prepared a new round of sanctions targeting key sectors of Russia’s economy if President Vladimir Putin continues to delay efforts to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to U.S. and diplomatic sources familiar with the matter.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Valencia on Saturday, demanding the resignation of conservative regional leader Carlos Mazon over his handling of the flash floods that killed 229 people nearly a year ago.
Jamaican officials issued urgent warnings on Saturday as Hurricane Melissa approaches, threatening to become the strongest storm ever recorded in the country.
SoftBank (9984.T) has approved a second installment of $22.5 billion towards its $30 billion investment in OpenAI, according to a report by The Information on Saturday.
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