Hainan reports no deaths post-Typhoon Kajiki, recovery efforts ongoing

More than 102,500 people have been affected as of 9 am Monday after Typhoon Kajiki lashed China's southern Hainan Island with torrential rain and gusts, officials say. No fatalities have been reported.

The storm, which intensified into a severe typhoon, skirted the southern coast of Hainan on Sunday night, bringing destructive winds and torrential rain to the region. Though the storm's geometric center did not make official landfall, part of its eye moved over the city of Sanya, with impacts equivalent to a direct hit.

The typhoon unleashed violent weather across southern Hainan and adjacent waters, becoming the most severe storm to affect Sanya since meteorological records began. Hurricane-force winds battered the city for six hours straight, from 6 pm to midnight on Sunday.