Photo taken on Oct. 4 shows fishing boats at a harbor of Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province. Tropical depression Higos will continue to lose strength as it leaves Hainan and moves on to Guangdong province in southern China on Saturday. Tropical storm Higos landed at 10:15 p.m. on Friday in Longlou Town, Wenchang City, 19.6 degrees north latitude and 111.0 degrees east longitude.  (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Tropical storm Higos lands in S China

    HAIKOU, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Higos, the 17th tropical storm of the year, landed in China's southernmost Hainan Province Friday evening, local observatory said.

    Higos landed at 10:15 p.m. in Longlou Town, Wenchang City, 19.6 degrees north latitude and 111.0 degrees east longitude. The wind speed at the eye of the storm was 18 meters per second, according to the Hainan Provincial Meteorological Observatory.

Ferry service suspends as Higos moves inland in south China 

    HAIKOU, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ferry service on Qiongzhou Strait in south China was suspended as of 5 p.m. on Friday as Higos, the 17th tropical storm of the year, neared landfall.

    Authorities in two airports in Hainan Province, Meilan International Airport in Haikou, the provincial capital, and Fenghuang (Phoenix) International Airport in Sanya, a seaside resort on the southern tip of the island, however, said arrivals and departures at their respective airports were not affected for the time being.

China issues orange alert for tropical storm Higos

    BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China issued an orange alert on Friday for tropical storm Higos that was expected to bring gales and heavy rain to southern coastal areas from Friday to Saturday.

    Higos, the 17th tropical storm of the year, will land on the eastern coastal area of the southern island province of Hainan between Friday evening and early Saturday morning, or shave the area and approach western Guangdong Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast.

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