Strongest thyphoon of 2022 Hinnamnon hits China & Japan. Flights, ferry services suspended

China and Japan have suspended the ferry and flight services in the coastal towns due to super Typhoon Hinnamnon, the strongest global storm this year. The storm has blew its way past Taiwan and Korea and gradually moving towards northwards in East China Sea. Hinnamnor is forecasted to move gradually northward into the East China Sea with maximum sustained winds of 175 km (109 miles) per hour.

According to reports, Shanghai grounded ferry services and deployed more than 50,000 police officers to aid rescue and traffic services in danger areas. Evacuations and flight cancellations were also ordered in Japan's southern Okinawa Island. China has also issued a yellow typhoon warning, and heavy rains in northeastern Zhejiang, Shanghai and Taiwan.

Governments have urged people to stay both indoors and outdoors. It has also ordered all the sailing ships to return to port to take shelter from the wind.


In Japan, grounded more than 100 flights in Kyushu. Footage on Japan's NHK national television showed trees violently shaken by the storm, with fierce rainfall hitting the pavement. A greenhouse for mangoes on Ishigaki Island was knocked down.