Southeast China on Alert as Tropical Storm Podul Makes Landfall Amid Torrential Rain

China’s Central Meteorological Observatory issued typhoon and heavy rain alerts for multiple provinces.
Southeast China on Alert as Tropical Storm Podul Makes Landfall Amid Torrential Rain
People use umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain as Typhoon Podul weakens to a severe tropical storm, in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2025. Isaac Lawrence /AFP via Getty Images
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Torrential rain swept southeastern China on Thursday after tropical storm Podul made landfall in Fujian, prompting a blue typhoon warning and black-rain closures in Hong Kong and Macao.

China’s National Meteorological Center said Podul—or Typhoon No. 11, Yangliu—came ashore around 12:30 a.m. local time on the southern coast of Fujian, with maximum winds near its center of Force 11 (about 67 mph).