Typhoon Wipha made landfall in Taishan city, Guangdong province, China, on Sunday evening, after it pounded Hong Kong, disrupting hundreds of flights in the region, Al Jazeera reported, citing state-run CCTV. After hitting the coast around 5:55 pm (0955 GMT) on Sunday, the storm weakened into a severe tropical storm with maximum winds of 30 meters per second.