Yang Bobo, a postgraduate student studying finance in Beijing, said Friday night’s gale was “wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves.” The wind dislodged a glass door at her school, sending it crashing to the ground. “I didn’t go out last night since I value my life,” Ms. Yang said Saturday. Winds rattled windows in Beijing, and damaged utility poles and windows in central China’s Henan Province, according to videos shared on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform. The city authorities in Beijing advised residents to avoid nonessential travel, and postponed soccer matches that had been scheduled for the weekend. Transportation officials suspended train and bus services on Friday and Saturday, and the city’s main international airport warned of possible flight disruptions. China Southern Airlines said on Friday that it had canceled 340 flights because of the wind. A marathon scheduled for Sunday in Beijing was postponed until next week.