Mainland braces for Podul's 2nd landfall

Train services suspended as typhoon batters Guangdong, Fujian provinces

As Typhoon Podul is poised to make its second landfall along the coastal areas between Guangdong and Fujian provinces, transportation — particularly train services in the two provinces — was significantly affected on Wednesday.

Podul, the 11th typhoon of the year and classified as a severe storm, made its initial landfall along the coast of Taitung, Taiwan, at around 1 pm on Wednesday, with maximum wind speeds near the center reaching 151.2 kilometers per hour, according to the National Meteorological Center.

After entering the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday afternoon, the typhoon was expected to make a second landfall along the coast between Xiamen in Fujian and Shantou in Guangdong, between Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, the NMC reported.