XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240518) -- BEIJING, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese white dolphin is seen in the water of Leizhou Bay area in Zhanjiang, southeast China's Guangdong Province, May. 16, 2024. The Chinese white dolphin, dubbed "giant panda in the sea," lives mainly in sea areas in southeast China and has been designated as a national first-level protected wildlife species. (Photo by Lan Hongguang/Xinhua)

Typhoon Talim to bring rainstorms to coastal areas of southern China

STORY: Typhoon Talim to bring rainstorms to coastal areas of southern China DATELINE: July 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HONG LIANG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HONG LIANG, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now in Baishamen, Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Across the (Qiongzhou) Strait is Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province. According to the National Meteorological Center, Typhon Talim, the fourth typhoon of this year, will make landfall in coastal areas between Hainan Province and Guangdong Province on Monday night. China's national observatory renewed an orange alert, the second-highest alert level, for Typhoon Talim earlier today. Due to the approaching of the typhoon, Hainan Province has suspended high-speed train and flight operations. The city implemented a temporary suspension of school activities from noontime on Monday, and people other than those taking part in rescue and disaster relief work and necessar