The first typhoon of the year to hit China hit its southern coasts on Saturday, bringing gales and rain, and analysts warned of exceptional rainfall and a high risk of tragedy in the nation’s most populous region, Guangdong.
The National Meteorological Center reported that after the storm’s eye made landfall in Maoming city in Guangdong on Saturday afternoon, Typhoon Chaba—the Thai word for the hibiscus flower—was moving to the northwest.
According to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service, the 30-member crew of an engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles southwest of Hong Kong “suffered substantial damage and splintered into two pieces.”. Authorities reported that three persons were saved and sent to a hospital for treatment. Authorities’ video showed a guy being carried onto Waves crashed over the deck of the partially submerged ship below as a chopper hovered overhead.