Shenzhen is bracing for worsening weather this weekend after the local meteorological observatory issued a white typhoon warning at 11 a.m. on Thursday and raised the alert for the Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone from white to blue at the same time. The alert levels could be raised further. Typhoon Mitag, the 17th storm of this year, was forecast to make landfall along the coast between Huilai and Taishan in Guangdong Province — most likely in the Shenzhen–Shanwei area — sometime Friday between noon and late evening