Super Typhoon Mangkhut lands on south China coast

Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-16 18:26:48|Editor: Liangyu
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CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON MANGKHUT (CN)

Trees are broken by Typhoon Mangkhut at Futian District in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2018. Typhoon Mangkhut landed at 5 p.m. on Sunday on the coast of Jiangmen City, south China's Guangdong Province, packing winds up to 162 km per hour, according to the provincial meteorological station. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

GUANGZHOU, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Super Typhoon Mangkhut landed at 5 p.m. on Sunday on the coast of Jiangmen City, south China's Guangdong Province, packing winds up to 162 km per hour, according to the provincial meteorological station.

More than 2.45 million people have been relocated, and over 48,000 fishing boats called back to port in the province as of 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Work has been suspended at more than 29,000 construction sites and 632 tourist spots have been closed.

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