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