China activates emergency response as Typhoon Kajiki approaches
Xinhua, August 25, 2025 Adjust font size:
An aerial photo taken on Aug 23, 2025 shows yachts returning to a dock in Sanya, South China's Hainan province. China on Saturday activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding and typhoon in Hainan province as Typhoon Kajiki, the 13th typhoon of this year, is approaching, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. [Photo/Xinhua]
China's National Meteorological Center on Saturday issued a yellow alert for Typhoon Kajiki, warning that it is likely to make landfall or pass close to the southern coast of Hainan Island around Sunday evening.
Parts of Hainan Island, and the Xisha Islands and the Zhongsha Islands were expected to see heavy to torrential rainfall from Saturday to Sunday, it said.
China has a four-tier emergency response system, with Level I being the most severe response, and a four-tier weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.