(250813) -- XIAMEN, Aug. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows a passenger boat terminal closed due to Typhoon Podul in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province.
Podul, the 11th typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of Taitung County in China's Taiwan region at around 1 p.m. Wednesday, with a maximum wind force of 14-grade near the center when it landed, according to the meteorological observatory of east China's Fujian Province.
At 1 p.m. Wednesday, the flood control headquarters in south China's Guangdong Province raised its emergency typhoon response from Level III to Level II in anticipation of Typhoon Podul.
Authorities in Fujian raised the emergency typhoon response to Level II around noon Wednesday, simultaneously activating a Level IV flood control emergency response. (Photo by Ceng Demeng/Xinhua)
