Due to make landfall on Friday night or Saturday morning, Saola may be among the five strongest typhoons to hit Guangdong since 1949, with Hong Kong and Macau expected to feel its full force.
All trains in and out of Guangdong province were suspended from 8pm on Friday to 6pm on Saturday, local time.
The cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou had already closed schools and Shenzhen, a city of more than 17 million people, also ordered businesses and financial markets to close from Friday afternoon due to the risk from the potentially destructive winds heading its way.Many supermarkets in Shenzhen were set to close early and hundreds of flights were cancelled both there and in the nearby city of Zhuhai.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge connecting the three cities will be closed from 3.30pm local time on Friday.Typhoon Haikui is expected to make landfall in the northern part of Taiwan on Sunday before heading towards the southeastern Chinese city of Fuzhou, the island's Central Weather Bureau said.
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