China>EnvironmentFerry services on south China strait halted as typhoon approaches2018-07-18 02:45:27 GMT2018-07-18 10:45:27(Beijing Time)Xinhua EnglishFishing boats berth at a harbor in Qionghai, south China’s Hainan Province, July 17, 2018. Ferry services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China have been halted as of Tuesday afternoon as a typhoon is fast approaching the southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong, local authorities have said. Son-Tinh, the ninth typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall in Hainan and Guangdong on Wednesday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)Photo taken on July 17, 2018 shows a ferry service halting information outside the waiting room of the Haikou Harbor in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province. Ferry services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China have been halted as of Tuesday afternoon as a typhoon is fast approaching the southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong, local authorities have said. Son-Tinh, the ninth typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall in Hainan and Guangdong on Wednesday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)Fishing boats berth at a harbor in Qionghai, south China’s Hainan Province, July 17, 2018. Ferry services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China have been halted as of Tuesday afternoon as a typhoon is fast approaching the southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong, local authorities have said. Son-Tinh, the ninth typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall in Hainan and Guangdong on Wednesday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)Photo taken on July 17, 2018 shows passenger ferries berth at the Haikou Harbor in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province. Ferry services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China have been halted as of Tuesday afternoon as a typhoon is fast approaching the southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong, local authorities have said. Son-Tinh, the ninth typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall in Hainan and Guangdong on Wednesday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)A fishing boat sails back to a harbor in Qionghai, south China’s Hainan Province, July 17, 2018. Ferry services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China have been halted as of Tuesday afternoon as a typhoon is fast approaching the southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong, local authorities have said. Son-Tinh, the ninth typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall in Hainan and Guangdong on Wednesday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)Fishing boats berth at a harbor in Qionghai, south China’s Hainan Province, July 17, 2018. Ferry services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China have been halted as of Tuesday afternoon as a typhoon is fast approaching the southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong, local authorities have said. Son-Tinh, the ninth typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall in Hainan and Guangdong on Wednesday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) HAIKOU, July 17 (Xinhua) — Ferry services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China have been halted as of Tuesday afternoon as a typhoon is fast approaching the southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong, local authorities have said.All passenger trains between the island province of Hainan and the mainland part of China, which rely on ferry services, have also been suspended, according to the maritime affairs bureau in Haikou, the provincial capital.Son-Tinh, the ninth typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall in Hainan and Guangdong on Wednesday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center.As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, the typhoon was centered on the South China Sea, 457 kilometers away from Wenchang in Hainan.| PRINT | RSSAdd CommentSINA English is the English-language destination for news and information about China. Find general information on life, culture and travel in China through our news and special reports or find business partners through our online Business Directory. For investment opportunities with SINA, please click the link “Investor” below.| About SINA | Investor | Media Kit | Comments or Question? |Copyright &copy 1996-2018 SINA Corporation, All Rights Reserved

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