Guangxi braces for strong winds, heavy rain

Typhoon Usagi weakened into a tropical storm before entering the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region from the west of Guangdong on Monday at noon after causing 25 deaths since making landfall in Guangdong on Sunday evening.

According to the National Meteorological Center, the weakening storm will bring heavy rains, a four-degree temperature drop and strong winds to the north of Guangxi, the south of Hunan and the east of Guizhou until Wednesday.

Usagi's speed is declining faster than first forecast. Slight to moderate rain accompanied by light winds swept through Wuzhou, Yulin, Hezhou, Laibin, Guigang, Nanning and Chongzuo in Guangxi, ending a sweltering day in the region with cool air.