BEIJING: The southern Chinese city of Sanya, renowned for seafront resorts and sandy beaches, closed tourist attractions, shuttered businesses and suspended public transport on Sunday as it braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.
The tropical cyclone was about 200km southeast of Sanya on the island province of Hainan at 9am, packing maximum sustained wind of 38m a second near its centre, the national meteorological center said.
Kajiki is likely to strengthen as it moves northwest at approximately 20 km/h, with a peak wind speed as fast as 48 m/s, the state weather forecaster said.