GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to
118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said.
 

 Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened.  Enditem