Guangdong battered as typhoon makes landfall
By Li Wenfang in Guangzhou and Wang Qian in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-15 08:05
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Taxis are in short supply at Portas do Cerco in Macao on Wednesday. Typhoon Utor forced the cancellation of public transportation, resulting in hundreds of people waiting for cabs at the main gateway between the mainland and Macao. The typhoon made landfall in Guangdong province at 3:50 pm. Zhang Jinjia / Xinhua |
Typhoon Utor, one of the strongest to hit Guangdong for 60 years, made landfall in Xitou, a town in the southwest of the province on Wednesday afternoon, whipping up gales, torrential rain and huge waves.
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