China Southern Airlines cancel flights as Kalmaegi approaching

China Southern Airlines has canceled more than 50 flights for Monday and Tuesday due to the approach of typhoon Kalmaegi.

Kalmaegi is forecast to make landfall somewhere between Yangjiang in Guangdong Province and Wanning on Hainan Island around noon Tuesday, according to the National Meteorological Center earlier Monday.

Airports in Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Zhanjiang in Guangdong Province, Haikou and Sanya of Hainan Province, as well as Hong Kong are forecast to be affected.

The carrier said it planned to cancel all flights into or out of Haikou, capital of Hainan Province, on Tuesday morning, and another ten flights between Zhangjiang and Guangzhou on Tuesday.

China's flood control authority on Monday initiated a Level-III emergency response to cope with possible flooding as typhoon Kalmaegi neared the Chinese mainland.

China has a four-level Typhoon emergency response system, with level one calling for a top emergency response, while level four represents the lowest.