China's Hainan on alert as typhoon Nesat nears

HAIKOU, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- South China's Hainan Province has suspended strait ferry and round-the-island train services as Typhoon Nesat approaches.

As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, the center of Nesat was about 115 km northeast of the city of Sansha, the National Meteorological Center said. Packing winds of up to 144 km per hour, Nesat was forecast to move southwestward at a speed of 15 km per hour, with its force weaken