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according to the central meteorological observatory, typhoon makar landed on the coast of wenchang, hainan at around 16:20 on september 6, with the maximum wind force near the center above level 17. the hainan provincial water resources department and the hainan provincial meteorological bureau jointly issued a red mountain torrent disaster meteorological risk warning at 8:00 on the 6th.

on the afternoon of september 6, a video shot by a wenchang resident showed that it was raining heavily and many trees were blown down by strong winds. the head of a local wenchang chicken farm told red star news that the farm was expected to suffer "very serious losses." a haikou resident told red star news that he could feel the building shaking from the upper floors and that vehicles in the community were hit by objects blown down by the wind.

▲trees were broken in wenchang, hainan. photo provided by the interviewee

according to the central meteorological observatory, the center of this year's no. 11 typhoon "makar" (super typhoon level) made landfall on the coast of wenchang, hainan province around 16:20 on september 6. it was a super typhoon when it landed, with the maximum wind speed near the center above level 17 (62 meters/second) and the lowest central pressure of 915 hpa.

cctv news reported that the maximum wind speed near the center of typhoon makar when it makes landfall may be between 48m/s and 55m/s. once realized, it will surpass typhoon damrey no. 18 in 2005 and rank among the top 5 typhoons that landed in hainan. it may be the strongest typhoon to affect hainan in the past decade.

the hainan provincial water resources department and the hainan provincial meteorological bureau jointly issued a red flash flood disaster meteorological risk warning at 8:00 on september 6. it mentioned that the possibility of flash flood disaster meteorological risk from 8:00 on september 6 to 8:00 on september 7 in many areas, including 20 towns in haikou, 16 towns in danzhou and wenchang, reached the red warning level.

wenchang city is the birthplace of wenchang chicken, one of hainan's "four famous dishes". according to a report on nanhaiwang in august, there are 212 large-scale wenchang chicken farmers in tanniu town, wenchang city, with a stock of about 2 million chickens and an annual output of about 15 million chickens.

▲chicken farm before the typhoon landed

around 17:00 on september 6, the person in charge of a wenchang chicken farm in tanniu town told red star news that the wind was too strong, and the farm facilities were severely damaged, killing many chickens. after the disaster, some compensation was received, but it was not much compared to the losses.

a staff member of the tanniu town government said that the typhoon is currently making landfall and everyone is staying at home. the specific damage is still unclear. a few days ago, the town made disaster prevention preparations for wenchang chicken farmers.

the person in charge of a chicken farm in huiwen town said that the roof of the chicken farm was blown off by the strong wind. he had left the farm and was hiding from the typhoon in a hotel in wenchang city, and had no time to "care about the life and death of the chickens."

the person in charge of the farm sent the reporter videos shot in his hometown wenjiao town and a hotel in the city. the videos showed that there was a strong wind and heavy rain outside the hotel in wenchang city, and the scene outside the window was almost invisible; a large number of trees were blown down in wenjiao town.

▲the video posted by a netizen in haikou shows that a large tree was uprooted

in haikou, the impact of typhoon capricorn's landing is also very obvious.

on the afternoon of september 6, a haikou resident told reporters that the wind and rain were so strong that they could feel the house shaking and were very scared. some residents in the community chose to park on the ground floor because they were worried that the underground parking lot would be flooded. as a result, their cars were hit by objects that fell from the upper floors. the resident said that there was no power outage in her community, but there was news that the water supply would be cut off.

many local netizens broadcast the rainstorm live on video platforms. the reporter saw in the live broadcast room of a haikou netizen that a large tree on the street was uprooted and there were many broken branches on the road.

red star news reporter fu yao and intern reporter liu yazhou