Thousands flee typhoon BEIJING: A strong typhoon roared into Guangdong and the resort island prov southern China yesterday, bringing ince of Hainan, where thousands have winds and heavy rain to the pow flocked during the National Day holiday after leaving more than a dozen fishermen Itis expected to weaken as it heads further missing in the Philippines. inland over the next two days. Hainan's Tens of thousands of people in south Scores of flights in and out of em China were evacuated before Typhoon main airport in the provincial capital of made landfall near Zhanjiang in have been cancelled and high- Guangdong province, according to the speed rail service between Haikou and National Meteorological Centre. The centre the tourist centr ofsanya was suspended had already issued a red alert China's over the weekend. More than 60,000 fishing highest level of weather preparedness boats returned to port in the two provinces mdywide warning that as much as 280mm of rain and more than 40,000 fishermen working on fish farms moved to shelters, according could fall in some places. There were no immediate reports of to the prqvincial government websites injuries or damage from the storm. Pack Mujigae blew out of the Philippines on ing winds of 180kph at its centre, Mujigae Saturday, causing floods and a few land was moving northwest at about 20kph, the slides and leaving more than a dozen fish meteorological centre said ermen missing, said regional Office ofCivil The typhoon is expected to lash both Defence spokesman Mike Sabado, AP