People's life is gradually returning to normal in the southern island province of Hainan as local authorities quickened efforts to recover from the devastation of Super Typhoon Yagi, which has killed four and injured 95 since its landfalls on Friday.
Yagi, the 11th typhoon of the year, made landfall twice on Friday, first striking Hainan Province and later neighboring Guangdong Province.
According to the Central Meteorological Observatory, Yagi weakened into a tropical storm on Saturday night. The observatory lifted the yellow alert for Yagi at 06:00 on Sunday.
Hainan began gradually resuming maritime transportation. The roll-on-roll-off ferry services across the Qiongzhou Strait are set to resume on Sunday.
In Wenchang City, some supermarkets and farmers' markets resumed operation on Saturday morning, with a stable supply of essential food items, such as vegetables, rice and vegetable oil.
"We resumed normal operations this morning, with normal supply of drinking water, vegetables, meat products and other daily necessities," said Fan Xiaobin, supermarket manager.
On Saturday, multiple departments of Haikou City launched joint road-clearing operations to ensure smooth traffic. Residents in some communities voluntarily participated in the cleanup efforts.
Hainan quickens post-disaster recovery efforts
