Chinas State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Friday upgraded its emergency situation response for flood and tropical storm control to Level III in the provincial-level regions of Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi, all located in south China, in action to Typhoon Wutip, the first tropical cyclone of the year.China has a four-tier emergency situation response system for flood control, with Level I being the most severe.A working group has actually been dispatched to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to supply on-site guidance, while two previously released teams continue to help with flood and hurricane avoidance efforts in Ledong Li Autonomous County in the southernmost island province of Hainan, along with in Zhanjiang, a seaside city in Guangdong Province.As of 10 a.m.
on Friday, the center of Typhoon Wutip, categorized as an extreme tropical storm, was located off the coast of Ledong.It is forecast to move northward at a speed of around 10 kilometers per hour, skimming the western coast of Hainan before naturally making landfall in between Xuwen in Guangdong and Beihai in Guangxi around midday Saturday.Affected by the tropical storm, heavy to torrential rains is gotten out of Friday to Sunday in areas consisting of Hainan, western and northern Guangdong, and eastern and seaside locations of Guangxi.(Cover: Ornamental trees toppled ahead of Typhoon Wutips landfall, Sanya City, Hainan Province, south China, June 13, 2025./ VCG)