Typhoon Wipha Hits Southern China, Forcing Over 660,000 Evacuations—What Are the Global Security Risks for America?

Typhoon Wipha made landfall on Sunday afternoon in Taishan city within China’s Guangdong province, triggering an unprecedented evacuation of nearly 670,000 residents. This natural disaster has forced local governments to enact emergency measures including school closures and transport suspensions across several key urban centers such as Zhuhai, Yangjiang, Jiangmen, and Maoming.The Chinese National Meteorological Center reported that Wipha arrived with maximum sustained winds reaching 33 meters per second before weakening into a severe tropical storm after landfall. Despite this downgrade, the scale of disruption remains significant as authorities enacted the highest level of emergency response—an indicator of both the storm’s...