China Meteorological Administration: 1-2 More Typhoons Expected to Hit China in October

This matters because the CMA is flagging a season that is both more frequent and more intense than normal, with storms that linger over land — the pattern that drives the heaviest flood and infrastructure damage rather than wind alone. The read-through is concentrated in exposed coastal provinces and the logistics, insurance and agricultural supply chains that run through them. The open question is whether the forecast October activity extends the cumulative toll of a season already running above trend.