Typhoon Son-Tinh crashes into Hainan

Typhoon Son-Tinh, the ninth of the year, made landfall on Hainan Island early on Wednesday, bringing torrential rain and high winds, according to the Hainan meteorological observatory.

The typhoon landed at Wanning on the southeastern coast of the island at around 4:50 am on Wednesday, packing winds of up to 82.8 kilometers per hour. It was accompanied by rain and wind that affected parts of Guangdong and Fujian provinces.

Son-Tinh is moving westward at 30 km/h and was expected to reach the southern sea areas of the Beibu Gulf on Wednesday afternoon and land in northern Vietnam on Wednesday night.