Typhoon Noul made landfall on the coast of Huidong county in Huizhou, southern Guangdong province, at approximately 3:50am local time on Sunday, July 26th, 2026 (19:50 GMT on Saturday), according to China’s national weather centre. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to southern Guangdong and neighboring Hong Kong.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency described Noul as the strongest typhoon to make landfall in China so far this year. Hong Kong’s Observatory reported that Noul had maximum sustained winds near its center of 110 kilometers per hour (68 miles per hour) as it moved inland into Guangdong, weakening progressively but still causing severe weather.
Authorities in Guangdong province evacuated hundreds of thousands of people for safety. On Saturday, about 340,000 people were evacuated, and by early Sunday, more than 715,000 had been relocated, according to state-owned China National Radio.
The typhoon also disrupted transportation in the region. Hong Kong’s airport authority announced that approximately 350 flights were canceled on Sunday due to the storm.
In related weather events, flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak has killed 39 people in southern China, and landslides in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Bavi have resulted in 15 fatalities.
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