Chinese tourist city Sanya shuts down as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies

24/8/2025 12:45

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 200 km (124 miles) southeast of Sanya on the island province of Hainan at 9 a.m. (0100 GMT), packing maximum sustained wind of 38 metres (125 feet) 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.



The storm could make landfall along the southern coast of Hainan from Sunday afternoon to evening, or skirt the southern coastline before heading toward Vietnam in the west.