InPics: Precautions taken against typhoon Yagi in space facilities of Wenchang-Xinhua
InPics: Precautions taken against typhoon Yagi in space facilities of Wenchang
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-09-05 16:14:15
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 4, 2024 shows a remote sensing satellite project at the Wenchang International Aerospace City in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
WENCHANG, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The southern Chinese island province of Hainan upgraded its emergency response to typhoon Yagi to the highest level at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the provincial disaster management authority.
Yagi, the 11th typhoon of the year, has developed into a super typhoon of level 17, packing winds of up to 209 km per hour, and is advancing toward Hainan, according to the provincial meteorological bureau.
The typhoon is forecast to make landfall on Friday afternoon somewhere between the city of Wenchang in Hainan and Xuwen County in Guangdong Province, the bureau said.
Relevant precautions have been put in place in various space facilities in Wenchang.
Staff members lift sandbags onto the launch tower at a commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, on Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)A staff member moves sandbags to be lifted onto the launch tower at a commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, on Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)This photo taken on Sept. 4, 2024 shows a view of a commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)This photo taken on Sept. 4, 2024 shows flood-proof sandbags at a commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)■
