China issues orange alert as Typhoon Lekima lands

Local residents wade through a waterlogged area in Wenling, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 10, 2019. China's National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert for Typhoon Lekima on Saturday morning, as it landed in east China's Zhejiang Province. At around 1:45 a.m., the center of Typhoon Lekima, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall in the city of Wenling in Zhejiang, with a maximum wind force of 187 km/h. The super typhoon weakened to a typhoon at 5 a.m. at a maximum wind force of 144 km/h. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)