South China city shuts down as it braces for typhoon

The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou closed offices, factories and schools on Monday as it braces for Typhoon Nida, forecast to make landfall on Tuesday. Level one emergency response measures require the closures for the next 24 hours, the city government said in a statement on its official microblog, as authorities anticipated "a serious impact" from the storm. CNOOC Limited, China's state-controlled offshore oil and gas producer, suspended some production operations.