Parts of China's coastal regions are expected to experience strong wind and heavy rainfalls in the following days as the National Meteorological Center issued on Wednesday morning a blue alert for the country's first typhoon this year. The typhoon evolved from a tropical depression that had formed over the central and western waters of the South China Sea. At about 11:00 Wednesday, the typhoon center was located on the sea about 105 kilometers east-southeast of Yongxing Island in Sansha City of China's southernmost island province of Hainan, with the maximum wind speed near the center reaching Level 8. The typhoon is forecast to move westward at a speed of 10 to 15 kilometers per hour as it gradually strengthens and draws near the southern coastal part of Hainan before making the initial landfall between early morning and midday of Friday. Its second landfall is expected to take place between the western part of south China's Guangdong Province and the coastal region of the neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Friday night. The sea areas near the typhoon's center and the coastal regions of Guangdong and Hainan will experience strong winds from Level 6 to Level 8. The wind force could reach Level 9, with gusts reaching even Level 10 to Level 11, on the waters near the central and the western parts of the South China Sea and the Xisha Islands, Some regions, including the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi, most parts of Hainan, and the Xisha Islands, will see heavy rain. In particular, some parts of central and eastern Hainan will experience heavy-to-torrential rain, with rainfall reaching 100 to 150 millimeters. The meteorological department warned that regions like Hainan and Guangdong will experience increasingly intensifying wind and rain from Wednesday to Friday. The heavy rainfalls are predicted to move northward to some eastern provinces like Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang as the typhoon and its circulation move northward to meet with the cold air that is also moving southward at the same time. Meteorological officials reminded some regions that precautionary measures should be taken against potential secondary disasters triggered by heavy rain. Shotlist: Hainan Province, south China - June 10, 2025: 1. Various of rain dropping on plants, roads; Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China - June 10, 2025 2. Various of water running on urban roads; 3. Various of emergency repair vehicle, passenger vehicles under expressway; 4. Various of road signs; Jianning County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, east China - June 10, 2025 5. Various of submerged farmlands; Fengxin County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, east China - Recent 6. Various of vehicles running through water, road signs; 7. Various of police directing traffic; Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent 8. Various of vehicles, motorcycles running in rain; 9. River running; 10. Various of rain dropping on trees. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]