People travel in heavy rain due to Typhoon Talim in Zhujiang New Town of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on July 18, 2023. (PHOTO / VCG)

HONG KONG/GUANGZHOU/NANNING – The Hong Kong Observatory scrapped all cyclone warning signals Tuesday morning as Typhoon Talim moved away from the city.

At 8:40 am, the HKO issued the Strong Monsoon Signal, replacing the Standby Signal No. 1.

At 8 am, Talim was centered about 540 kilometers west of Hong Kong and is forecast to move west-northwest at about 18km per hour into the inland areas of Guangxi and weaken gradually.

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The outer rainbands associated with the typhoon will continue to bring squally showers and thunderstorms to the coast of Guangdong province, the HKO warned.

Local winds are expected to remain strong offshore and on high ground, according to the city’s observatory, with swells on the seas. The HKO cautioned the public to stay away from the shoreline and avoid engaging in water sports.

Fishing boats are moved ashore in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on July 17, 2023 as Typhoon Talim approaches. (PHOTO / VCG)

Lands in Guangxi

Typhoon Talim landed in the coastal area of south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region early Tuesday, according to the regional meteorological bureau, hours after its first landfall in Guangdong province on Monday night.

The local water resources and meteorological authorities also issued an alert for mountain torrents, predicting that cities including Fangchenggang, Chongzuo, Nanning, Wuzhou and Hezhou are likely to be hit by mountain torrents in the period from 8 pm Monday to 8 pm Tuesday

China's national observatory issued a yellow alert for the typhoon, the third-highest on its four-tier scale, color-coded weather warning system. 

Meanwhile, Guangxi’s flood control and drought relief authorities raised the emergency response for typhoons and flooding from Level III to Level II.

The local water resources and meteorological authorities also issued an alert for mountain torrents, predicting that cities including Fangchenggang, Chongzuo, Nanning, Wuzhou and Hezhou are likely to be hit by mountain torrents in the period from 8 pm Monday to 8 pm Tuesday.

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Typhoon Talim landed at 5:45 am in the city of Beihai in Guangxi and reached the city of Qinzhou at 9 am. The maximum wind speeds near the center of the typhoon reached 25 meters per second, and it is expected to move toward the northwest at a speed of 15 to 20 km per hour.

Beihai ordered school, production and market suspension, while Fangchenggang required construction sites, shopping centers, entertainment venues, restaurants and farmers' markets to halt operations.

A car is stranded on a flooded road in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province on the night of July 17, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

People play with water by the riverside of Pearl river as its water levels surge under the impact of Typhoon Talim, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, July 18, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

A man swims with his pet in the Pearl river as its water levels surge under the impact of Typhoon Talim, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, July 18, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

In the next 24 hours, heavy rainfall will lash provinces including Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan and Guizhou, and gales will also be expected in most of the South China Sea and coastal areas, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said.

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In Guangdong, local authorities earlier said nearly 230,000 people had been evacuated to safety as of 5 pm Monday. Sixty-eight coastal tourist destinations were closed and 2,702 fishing vessels were called back.

Besides, rescue forces have been deployed in response to the typhoon. Eleven rescue vessels, five helicopters, 46 salvage ships and eight emergency rescue teams are standing by, according to the rescue and salvage bureau of the Ministry of Transport.  

With Xinhua inputs.