Typhoon makes multiple landfalls

Ewiniar, the fourth typhoon formed in the northwestern Pacific this year, landed in Haikou, Hainan province, at 2:50 pm on Wednesday after first making landfall at 6:25 am at Xuwen county in South China's Guangdong province, the Hainan Meteorology Administration said in the afternoon.

It said wind speeds gusting to as high as 72 kilometers per hour were expected in the next 24 hours in northern parts of Hainan island.

Areas of southern China affected by Ewiniar, including Hainan and Guangdong and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, have seen torrential rainfall since Tuesday.