All shipping services were suspended Sunday morning due to the approach of typhoon Krovanh insouth China's Qiongzhou Straits between the island of Hainan Province and the mainland.

Anti-hurricane preparations are underway and ships have been anchoring in safe areas with the help of local maritime departments.

Flights from Haikou Meilan Airport in Haikou, capital of the tropical island province of Hainan in south China, were still operating normally though.

Typhoon Krovanh is the most powerful tropic cyclone to hit Hainan Province this year and the wind at the epicenter was monitored at force 12, with the speed equivalent to 35 meters per second, according to Hainan Provincial Meteorological Observatory.

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