HAIKOU, Sept 6 — Super Typhoon Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, made landfall in south China's Hainan Province today afternoon, according to the province's emergency management headquarters.

HONG KONG, Sept 5 — China's southern provinces and cities braced for the arrival of Super Typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along Hainan's tropical coast, in what could be the most powerful storm to hit in nearly a decade.