BEIJING/HAIKOU – Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged beefed-up disaster relief efforts after Super Typhoon Yagi struck the country's southern region.

Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, made landfalls in the provinces of Hainan and Guangdong on Friday, leaving three people dead and 95 others injured.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, demanded efforts to ensure the safety of people's lives and their property.

He called for mobilizing rescue efforts, handling well the relocation and resettlement of affected people, preventing secondary disasters, and making every effort to minimize casualties.

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The Chinese leader also urged swift repair of damaged infrastructure, including transportation, electricity and communication systems, and demanded active post-disaster reconstruction to restore normal order of life and work as soon as possible.

As winds and rainfall subsided, Hainan downgraded its typhoon alert and initiated swift recovery operations across the province.

Over 2,200 workers have been mobilized to restore power to more than 1.5 million affected households. By 7 am Saturday, over one-fifth of those affected households had been reconnected to the grid.

Road repairs are also underway, with 51 of the 89 blocked main roads now cleared.

High-speed rail services circling the island are expected to resume on Saturday afternoon. Ferry services in the Qiongzhou Strait are anticipated to resume by Sunday evening.

Haikou Meilan International Airport will remain temporarily closed until Sunday noon due to the remnants of Typhoon Yagi, while Sanya Phoenix International Airport in the popular tourist city of Sanya began gradually resuming flight services at 10 am on Saturday.

Meanwhile, rescue teams are racing to restore communications, as more than 12,500 base stations were damaged across the province, with Wenchang city suffering the worst damage to its communications facilities.

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Super Typhoon Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, made two landfalls in China on Friday, first striking Hainan and later Guangdong province.