Typhoon Noul hits southern China as more than 700,000 evacuate, flights canceled - CBS News

What the report says

CBS News reported that Typhoon Noul struck southern China early Sunday local time after moving across the South China Sea toward Guangdong province and Hong Kong, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain through the weekend. China’s national weather center said the storm came ashore around 3:50 a.m. along the coast of Huidong county in Huizhou, Guangdong.

According to the report, Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul had strengthened Saturday with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph close to its center before later weakening inland on Sunday, when sustained winds near the center were reported at about 68 mph. Forecasters warned of strong winds and heavy rainfall affecting parts of southern Guangdong and southeastern Fujian, while Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration said the storm was also producing rain in southern and eastern Taiwan as it moved away from the island.

The storm disrupted travel and prompted large-scale precautions. State-owned China National Radio said more than 715,000 people in Guangdong had been moved to safer locations. China News Service reported train services in the province were canceled for Sunday, and Hong Kong airport listings showed more than 350 flights canceled for Saturday and Sunday, with additional cancellations possible.

CBS News also reported that sections of scaffolding on a Hong Kong high-rise collapsed Saturday as Noul approached, with police saying early information indicated no injuries. The typhoon follows other recent storms in China, including Bavi earlier in July, which CBS said led to more than 2 million evacuations, and Maysak, which made landfall in southern China on July 3.