Typhoon Koppu has landed on the coast of southern China's Guangdong Province. It has brought gales and storms and nearly 150 millimeters of rainfall.

The provincial meteorological bureau says the typhoon, the 15th this year, landed at around seven o'clock this morning at Beidou town in Taishan city. It is packing winds of up to 126 kilometers per hour.

The bureau forecasts Koppu will move northwestwards and enter Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region this evening. Schools in Shenzhen and shipping services across the southern Qiongzhou Strait have been suspended.

In Hong Kong, ferry services have been cancelled and the city's observatory has issued strong wind and storm signals. Some flights have also been affected.