GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows damaged guardrails on a bridge in Yangjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to 118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said.

Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)