China prepares for more heavy rain from back-to-back storms

China's coastal areas and southern regions are preparing for days of intense precipitation, with tens of thousands of people evacuated as Typhoon Narra tracks inland and another storm churns toward the country's eastern seaboard.



Narra made landfall as a tropical storm on Tuesday evening in the southern island province of Hainan after lingering over the Beibu Gulf for several days, dumping heavy rain across Guangxi, Hainan and Guangdong.



Narra and the accompanying Typhoon Saudel, alongside tropical cyclones Gaenari and Atsani, form a rare quartet of storms swirling simultaneously across the Northwest Pacific and South China Sea, according to China's Meteorological Administration.



The multi-storm system has forced regional authorities including in Guangxi and Hainan to close businesses, suspend tourist operations and evacuate tens of thousands of residents.



Heavy rain is expected to persist in the south, even as recent downpours have already pushed rivers over warning levels and inundated low-lying areas in Guangxi.



Typhoon Saudel is forecast to make landfall along China's eastern seaboard between Zhejiang and Fujian provinces between Thursday and Friday, with weather models projecting its outer rain bands could extend back toward Guangxi.