Typhoon Nesat, Strongest to Hit China This Year, Strikes Hainan
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Typhoon Nesat, the strongest to hit China this year, made landfall on the tropical province of Hainan after having forced Hong Kong to close financial markets, schools and government offices when it passed by the city earlier today.
The storm made landfall in the township of Wengtian in Wenchang city at 2:30 p.m. local time with winds moving as fast as 150 kilometers per hour, the China Meteorological Administration said in an e-mailed statement today. Nesat is the strongest typhoon to hit the island province of Hainan in six years, it said. Local authorities evacuated about 58,000 people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.