Death toll rises to three, 95 injured as super typhoon Yagi hits southern China

The death toll from the passage of super typhoon Yagi through the Chinese province of Hainan (south), as confirmed by the authorities, has risen to 95 injured and estimated at nearly one million evacuated in the south of the Asian giant. The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has ordered to increase the work of the search and rescue teams, as well as to reinforce the actions of the authorities to support the victims and respond to the disaster. Thus, he has stressed the importance of efficiently managing the work of evacuation and relocation of the victims, as well as reducing the number of victims and quickly repairing the damaged infrastructure, including transport and electricity networks. The Chinese authorities have allocated 200 million yuan (about 25.5 million euros) to support the response and recovery work in the provinces of Hainan and Canton, where nearly 1.2 million people have been affected, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua. Yagi made landfall on Friday in Hainan, an island province in southern China, and then reached Canton province hours later after crossing the Qiongzhou Strait with winds of around 210 kilometres per hour. The typhoon had already made its mark in the Philippines – where it left 16 dead – and Hong Kong, and its evolution is being closely followed in Vietnam, also threatened by the path predicted by meteorologists. The latest data collected make it equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson scale.