China activates emergency response due to Typhoon Yagi

Typhoon Yagi, the 11th typhoon of the year according to the China Meteorological Administration, is forecast to trigger landslides along coastal areas from Hainan’s Wanning to Guangdong’s Dianbai on September 6. From September 5 to 8, heavy rains will hit Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan, with water levels in small and medium-sized rivers in these provinces likely to exceed flood warning levels.

China's Ministry of Water Resources has dispatched two working groups to Hainan and Guangdong to guide flood and storm prevention and mitigation work.

Meanwhile, in the Philippines, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the death toll from floods and landslides following Typhoon Yagi and monsoon rains in the Southwest has risen to 15, while 15 others were injured and 21 people are still missing.

Torrential rains from Typhoon Yagi and the southwest monsoon have caused widespread flooding in the capital Manila and other parts of the Philippines since late last week. The OCD said Typhoon Yagi left the Philippines on the morning of September 4 after affecting nearly 450,000 households (about 1.7 million people), mostly in the Bicol region. In addition, nearly 89,000 people have sought refuge in government-run shelters.

Typhoon Yagi is estimated to have caused about 351 million pesos (equivalent to 6.2 million USD) in damage to agriculture and infrastructure in the Philippines. The country experiences about 20 typhoons each year.