Hong Kong CNN  —  One of this year’s most powerful storms slammed into the Chinese holiday island of Hainan on Friday, the strongest typhoon to make landfall there in ten years. Packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 230 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour), Typhoon Yagi is currently the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane — the world’s second-most powerful tropical cyclone of 2024 so far, only eclipsed by the Atlantic hurricane Beryl which was a Category 5. Significant wind damage —