The weather will deteriorate rapidly as the typhoon makes landfall, Hong Kong weather officials say, with chances of storm surges of about 3 metres higher than the normal tide
The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong and China’s neighbouring southern province of Guangdong cancelled hundreds of flights on Friday as fears of powerful Typhoon Saola forced some mainland cities to shut businesses, schools and financial markets.
More than 300 people were stranded at the airport by the cancellation of about 460 flights, the Airport Authority said. The maximum water levels could reach a record, they added, with a chance the city could raise its hurricane signal to the highest level from the second highest, which is now in effect.
The second, Haikui, is approaching Taiwan, set to hit its east coast on Sunday before heading towards China’s province of Fujian, the island’s weather officials said. The third, Kirogi, the most distant from land, was classed as a tropical storm. “Of course I’m worried, it’s forecast to be a big one and I want to get home,” a delivery driver surnamed Lu said on a busy day for the city’s supermarkets, many set to close early.As a safety precaution, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge linking the three cities will also shut on Friday.
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