5,000 stranded at airport as tropical storm Jebi approaches

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5,000 stranded at airport as tropical storm Jebi approaches

(Xinhua) 16:19, August 02, 2013

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Photo taken on Aug. 2, 2013 shows the landslide site in Daguan County, Zhaotong City of southwest China's Yunnan Province. A landslide that occurred early Friday here disrupted trains on a railway. Eleven trains were halted and 17 others were forced to take detours on a railway linking the city of Neijiang in Sichuan Province and the city of Liupanshui in Guizhou Province after a landslide that occurred around midnight near the Daguan train station in Yunnan. One railway worker was killed in the landslide. The landslide also disrupted traffic on nearby Laoyicha Road and damaged power lines. (Xinhua/Wang Zhengwei)

About 5,000 tourists have been stranded at an airport in south China's Hainan Province due to the arrival of strong tropical storm Jebi.

Some 100 flights have been cancelled at the Sanya Phoenix International Airport as of 1:30 p.m. Friday. They include 56 incoming flights and 43 outgoing flights, according to the airport.

The airport, together with airlines, are working to find accomodation for the stranded tourists.

Tropical storm Jebi strengthened to a strong tropical storm at 11 p.m. Thursday. It is expected to land near Hainan's city of Wenchang or Lingshui Li Autonomous County Friday afternoon or night, according to the Hainan provincial weather forecast station.

Shipping services on the Qiongzhou Strait, a waterway that connects the island province of Hainan and Guangdong Province on the mainland, have been suspended due to the storm's arrival.

（Editor：WangLili、Gao Yinan）