China suspends trains, closes schools as typhoons approach

Residents take shelter under the roof of a bus stop on a flooded highway, after tropical storm Linfa hit Luna, La Union in northern Philippines July 6, 2015. REUTERS/TJ Corpuz

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have suspended train services, closed schools and bought trawlers back to port before two typhoons in the south and east of the country make landfall later this week, state media said.

Typhoon Linfa is expected to make landfall in the southern province of Guangdong on Thursday. The more powerful Typhoon Chan-Hom could land further up the coast in Fujian or Zhejiang province late on Friday, Xinhua news agency said.