National weather authority says 21st typhoon of the year is expected to make landfall between Guangdong and Hainan provinces on Sunday.

Matmo has regained strength, becoming a typhoon again as it left the Philippines and moved toward southern China’s Hainan province, after it had earlier weakened into a storm.

Typhoon Matmo strengthens, prompts evacuation of 150,000 in China as it heads towards landfall with strong winds.

National weather authority says 21st typhoon of the year is expected to make landfall between Guangdong and Hainan provinces on Sunday.

Transport in Hainan provincial capital gradually resumes after storm packing maximum sustained winds of 151km/h makes landfall in Guangdong.

BANGKOK: Typhoon Matmo strengthened Sunday in China, prompting the government to evacuate some 347,000 people from the southern provinces of Guangdong and Hainan. The typhoon had…