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Typhoon Noul makes landfall in Guangdong near Huidong county, disrupting transport

China’s weather authorities say Noul hit the coast early on 26 July and weakened inland; officials and operators responded with evacuations and transport cancellations, while damage, casualties, and the exact mainland landfall intensity and rainfall totals remain unconfirmed.

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Typhoon Noul made landfall along the coast of Huidong county in Huizhou, Guangdong, at about 3:50 a.m. local time on 26 July, according to China’s national weather center as reported by AP. After landfall, the storm moved inland and weakened.

Different agencies were tracking different parts of the same event. The Hong Kong Observatory’s track bulletin is an observation summary of the storm’s intensity over time, while mainland weather authorities were the source for the landfall statement; transport operators and local authorities then made safety decisions from those forecasts and warnings.

The Hong Kong Observatory’s track bulletin shows the storm’s observed intensity easing through the morning. It lists Noul as a severe typhoon at 02:00 HKT, a typhoon at 08:00 HKT, and a severe tropical storm at 10:00 HKT, with maximum sustained winds near the center falling from 155 km/h to 120 km/h and then 110 km/h. That sequence shows the storm weakening, but it does not settle the mainland official landfall classification or landfall intensity.

AP said more than 340,000 people had been relocated for safety in Guangdong by Saturday afternoon, train services in the province were canceled for Sunday, and more than 150 flights were canceled at Hong Kong airport. AP also reported a scaffolding collapse on a high-rise building in Hong Kong; police said initial reports indicated there were no injuries. Those are reported figures, not independently verified totals in this run.

Weather concern extended beyond the coast. China’s National Meteorological Center expected parts of southern Guangdong and southeastern Fujian to experience heavy rain and strong winds over the weekend. Reuters likewise said mainland weather authorities expected Noul to make landfall along the southern coast before moving inland and gradually weakening, with Guangdong set to begin suspending rail services on Saturday.

Vietnam belongs in the story only as a secondary forecast-monitoring zone. Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said the southern region of Vietnam and Lam Dong province could see 20–40 mm of rain, with isolated totals above 100 mm, as Noul moved inland and weakened.

What remains unconfirmed here is the exact mainland landfall intensity, verified post-landfall rainfall totals in China, and whether Noul caused casualties, outages, port closures, or other significant damage. The evidence base is enough to confirm the landfall sequence and the reported disruption footprint, but not enough to treat every headline figure as independently established.

Source recordSources / claims / limits

How this piece is framed: A confirmed-landfall / pending-impacts frame: the news is that Typhoon Noul struck the Guangdong coast near Huidong county, weakened afterward, and triggered reported evacuations and transport disruption, while the rain totals, casualty picture, and exact mainland landfall classification are still not fully confirmed in the gathered materials. Vietnam stays in frame only as a secondary forecast-monitoring zone, not as a co-equal impact story.

Sources

Claims, and how far we tracked each down

  • [confirmed] Typhoon Noul made landfall along the coast of Huidong county, Huizhou, Guangdong, at approximately 3:50 a.m. local time on 26 July 2026. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [unconfirmed] I was not able in this run to deep-read a mainland Chinese official landfall bulletin from CMA/NMCC or Guangdong authorities that would independently settle the exact mainland landfall classification or intensity for Noul. · our synthesis across the evidence — no single cited source
  • [unconfirmed] The evidence gathered here does not yet establish whether Noul caused casualties, power outages, or port closures in the affected area. · our synthesis across the evidence — no single cited source
  • [confirmed] Hong Kong Observatory classified Noul as a severe tropical storm at 10:00 HKT on 26 July 2026, with maximum sustained winds near its center of 110 km/h. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] The HKO track record shows Noul reached typhoon strength before landfall and briefly severe typhoon strength overnight. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] More than 340,000 people had been relocated for safety in Guangdong province by Saturday afternoon before landfall. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] More than 150 flights were canceled at Hong Kong airport for Saturday and Sunday. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] Train services in Guangdong were canceled for Sunday. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] China’s National Meteorological Center expected parts of southern Guangdong and southeastern Fujian to experience heavy rain and strong winds over the weekend. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warned that the southern region of Vietnam and Lam Dong Province could see 20–40 mm of rain with isolated totals above 100 mm on 25 July 2026. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] The Vietnamese forecast center expected Noul to move inland in southern Guangdong on the morning of 26 July 2026 and weaken thereafter. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] Noul was being monitored as a live hazard in Vietnam’s official weather system on 26 July 2026. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [unconfirmed] The evidence gathered here does not yet pin down verified rainfall totals at specific Chinese cities after landfall. · our synthesis across the evidence — no single cited source
  • [unconfirmed] The evidence gathered here does not yet show that Noul was unusual for southern China in intensity or seasonal timing. · our synthesis across the evidence — no single cited source
  • [confirmed] Hong Kong Observatory’s 26 July 2026 track bulletin lists Noul as a Severe Tropical Storm at 10:00 HKT, with maximum sustained winds near the center of 110 km/h. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] The HKO bulletin shows Noul had already reached Typhoon strength earlier on 26 July 2026, with a past position at 08:00 HKT classified as Typhoon and maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)
  • [confirmed] Noul peaked in the HKO track record as a Severe Typhoon at 02:00 HKT on 26 July 2026 with maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h before weakening later that morning. · read in full (as of 2026-07-26)

Where we hit a limit / what to double-check

  • "I was not able in this run to deep-read a mainland Chinese official landfall bulletin from CMA/NMCC or Guangdong authorities that would independently settle the exact mainland landfall classification or intensity for Noul." is our reading across the evidence, not a single sourced fact.
  • "The evidence gathered here does not yet establish whether Noul caused casualties, power outages, or port closures in the affected area." is our reading across the evidence, not a single sourced fact.
  • "The evidence gathered here does not yet pin down verified rainfall totals at specific Chinese cities after landfall." is our reading across the evidence, not a single sourced fact.
  • "The evidence gathered here does not yet show that Noul was unusual for southern China in intensity or seasonal timing." is our reading across the evidence, not a single sourced fact.