Strong winds packed by typhoon Chanchu uproot a tree in Shantou, south China's Guangdong province May 17, 2006. Chanchu- the worst typhoon on record to enter South China Sea in May - is expected to make a landfall at Huilai and Raoping in southern Guangdong province. Almost half a million local residents have been evacuated under threat of swells, according to a Xinhua report. [Xinhua]