| Chinese state media say authorities have | | | | to Hainan's tourism industry, prompting many |
| evacuated 100,000 people to safety on the | | | | Chinese tourists to cancel their bookings. |
| southern island of Hainan ahead of an | | | | Hainan's hotels and resorts are usually |
| approaching typhoon. | | | | packed during China's week-long National Day |
| | | | holiday, which began Monday. |
| Typhoon Lekima is expected to skirt the | | | | |
| southern coast of Hainan early Wednesday, | | | | After leaving Hainan, Lekima is forecast to |
| bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 119 | | | | move west-northwest across the Gulf of |
| kilometers per hour. | | | | Tonkin, before making landfall in northern |
| | | | Vietnam later this week. |
| The official Xinhua news agency says | | | | |
| authorities on Hainan ordered more than | | | | The storm killed at least eight people in the |
| 20,000 fishing boats to return to port. They | | | | northern Philippines on Sunday. |
| also opened the sluice gates of 17 reservoirs | | | | |
| to divert possible floodwaters. | | | | Some information for this report was provided |
| | | | by AFP. |
| Xinhua says the storm has dealt a heavy blow | | | | |