Professor braves storm to reach class on time

Wang Ke, a professor from Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, won applause online for keeping his promise to students by traveling 737 kilometers by taxi in heavy rain brought by Super Typhoon Mangkhut to make it to class on time.

Wang was in Guangzhou, Guangdong province visiting friends when the typhoon hit on Sunday. He planned to go back to Nanjing by plane on Sunday morning, but found that airports, high-speed railways and buses had all been shut down because of the extreme weather.

"I had worked and lived in Fujian, a province often hit by summer typhoons, for 13 years and was familiar with them," Wang said. "But I didn't expect Typhoon Mangkhut would be this strong. I thought I could leave Guangzhou in the morning before the storm landed in the afternoon."