A foreign reporter takes photos of the heavy clouds covering Guangzhou city in south China's Guangdong province, July 21, 2010. Southern China is bracing for its second powerful storm in less than a week as the tropical storm Chanthu is expected to make landfall in Guangdong and Hainan provinces on Thursday. [Photo/Xinhua]

Police officers help the fishermen pull fishing boats out of the water to avoid the upcoming tropical storm in Shenzhen city, south China's Guangdong province, July 21, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]