Typhoon sees 40 000 evacuated

More than 40 000 people have been evacuated from China’s southern island of Hainan ahead of the expected landfall of the year’s first typhoon, although it should help ease a severe drought, state media said.

Typhoon Kujira will sweep over the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea before hitting land somewhere between Wanning on Hainan and Zhanjiang in neighbouring Guangdong province, bringing strong wind and heavy rain.