Update | China’s typhoon-hit southeastern coast awaits arrival of second stronger Typhoon Chan-hom

Residents in China’s typhoon-hit southeastern coast have been warned to brace themselves for a more powerful second typhoon bringing gales and torrential rain over the next few days. 

Typhoon Linfa made landfall at 12.15pm local time in Lufeng city, in the southeastern province of Guangdong, China’s National Meteorological Centre said.

Linfa, moving at speeds of between 15km/h and 22km/h, had weakened into a severe tropical storm by 3.45pm on Thursday as it moved west towards the neighbouring cities of Shantou and Shanwei, the Hong Kong Observatory reported.

By 5pm Linfa was centred about 110km northeast of Hong Kong and was forecast to move west at about 22km/h in the general direction of the Pearl River Estuary, the observatory said. 

Linfa was expected to come within 100km north of Hong Kong some time between Thursday night and early on Friday morning, it said.

Although the weather would deteriorate and winds would intensify on Thursday evening, the impact of Linfa's gale force winds on Hong Kong would not last long, it added.

Linfa was likely to weaken gradually and move away from Hong Kong on Friday morning, the observatory said.