South China evacuates over 340,000 and cancels flights as region braces for Typhoon Noul
Typhoon Noul has triggered mass evacuations of over 700,000 people in China's Guangdong province and caused widespread flight cancellations. The storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to the region, impacting infrastructure in Hong Kong and surrounding areas.
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Large-scale weather events in densely populated coastal regions of China pose significant risks to economic stability and public safety.
Typhoon Noul made landfall early Sunday local time and was bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend. It prompted the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in Guangdong province, with the region on high alert and dozens of flights canceled.Hong Kong's Observatory said Noul, which had intensified with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph near its center, was moving on Saturday across the South China Sea and edging closer toward the coast of Guangdong.China's national weather center said Noul made landfall along the coast of Huidong county of the city of Huizhou in the southern Guangdong province at approximately 3:50 a.m.
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