Typhoon Yagi as of 10 a.m. I.C.T. ？ Category

       3

       Wind speed

       127 m.p.h. max. sustained

       Location

       ENE of Haiphong, Vietnam 17 miles away

       Direction

       WNW at 16 m.p.h.

       Typhoon Yagi Expected to Strengthen Before Hitting Vietnam - The New York Times

       Typhoon Yagi made landfall in southern China on Friday as it forced more than a million evacuations, shuttered schools and businesses, disrupted travel and raised alarms about the risks of landslides and floods.

       Yagi, one of 2024’s most powerful storms, made landfall in the island province of Hainan at 4:20 p.m. local time, according to China’s National Meteorological Center.

       At landfall, it was the equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane, the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said.

       The eye of Typhoon Yagi passed directly over the city of Haikou, China, on Friday evening local time, allowing the worst of the winds to smash the city.

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       The storm weakened as it moved into the Gulf of Tonkin and was rapidly reorganizing overnight.

       Over the next 12 hours, the very warm waters will likely allow the storm to intensify to 130 miles per hour, if not higher, before it makes landfall near Haiphong, Vietnam, on Saturday.

       This strength would be the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. If it occurs, it would be a rare occurrence. No storm has made landfall in Vietnam with this intensity, especially this far north, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s historical hurricane database.

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       Sources: National Hurricane Center and Joint Typhoon Warning Center All times on the map are Indochina Time. By William B. Davis, John Keefe and Bea Malsky

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