Typhoon Hagibis forces 16,000 to evacuate Shantou

Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Sunday in southern China, destroying houses, farmland, closing ports, and suspending trains and flights.

Packing strong winds and heavy rain, Hagibis hit Shantou in Guangdong province before weakening into a tropical storm later in the day, according to the National Meteorological Center.

The tropical storm, China's first of the year, made landfall on the coast of Haojiang District in Shantou at 4:50 pm, dumping 302 mm of rain.