Typhoon Haima, packing maximum winds of 160 kilometers per hour at its center, made landfall in the coastal city of Shanwei in South China's Guangdong Province at 12:40 pm today. This is the 22nd typhoon of the year and it has already bashed the Philippines.

Haima brought small tornados and floods to eastern Taiwan and also brought rain and wind gusts of more than 100 km an hour to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, schools and offices were closed and trading on the stock market was suspended after the third most serious storm signal was hoisted. More than 700 flights to and from the city's international airport were cancelled or delayed.

Heavy downpours are expected to hit most parts of Guangdong Province on Friday and Saturday...and trains were cancelled, tourists spots closed and residents relocated as Typhoon Haima lashed the coastal province.