Typhoon Kestana shaves south China province, heading to Vietnam

A patch of sugarcanes are blown down by the typhoon Kestana, in the farm fields of Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 29, 2009. The typhoon Kestana has affected Qionghai City with continuous gale  and forced a local hydropower station to stop work.(Xinhua Photo)

HAIKOU/GUANGZHOU, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Kestana shaved China's southernmost island province of Hainan on Tuesday, heading westward to Vietnam, the meteorological stations in south China monitored.

The typhoon was only 260 km away from Sanya City, Hainan, and had strong winds up to 126 km per hour at its eye Tuesday morning, said the station in south China's Guangdong Province.