China activates emergency response after Typhoon Noul hits Guangdong

China on Sunday activated emergency relief measures after Typhoon Noul made landfall in the southern province of Guangdong, bringing gale-force winds and heavy rain to large parts of the region.
Typhoon Noul, the 12th cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall along the Guangdong coast early Sunday.
China's National Commission for Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief activated a Level-IV national disaster relief emergency response for Guangdong, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
China has a four-tier, colour-coded weather warning system for typhoons, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
Level-IV is the least severe tier in the four-tier emergency response system.

Level I is the most critical/severe.
A working team has been dispatched to the affected areas to assess the situation and assist local authorities in relocating and resettling residents, besides ensuring their basic living needs.
The National Development and