Typhoon

Several trees lie in the road, having been felled by typhoon Sarika in the coastal city of Qionghai in south China’s Hainan Province on October 18. The tropical cyclone, with maximum winds of up to 162 km per hour recorded in the eye of the storm, made landfall at Hele Town of Wanning on the same day.

The storm was the most powerful and destructive one to hit Hainan in a decade, causing landslides in Hainan as torrential rain and gales lashed the island province. Classes were suspended in kindergartens and schools in eight counties in the province, and tourist sites were closed to the public.