Taiwan shut offices and canceled flights across parts of the south on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Saola sweeps past the island’s southern tip, heading toward the Chinese coast after battering northern Philippines.
The Philippine weather bureau Pagasa hoisted the third-highest wind signal over northern areas, warning of a “dangerous” typhoon and risk of damage to structures in its bulletin this morning. Taiwan shut some offices and schools in parts of Kaohsiung and Pingtung and canceled more than a dozen flights.
With the storm around 200 kilometers off Taiwan’s southernmost point, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has activated routine typhoon preparation procedures at its fabs, including placing emergency response teams on standby, the company said in a statement. The cyclone is 800 kilometers away from Hong Kong and is likely to close in on the southern Chinese coast east of Hong Kong by Thursday, according to a statement from the Hong Kong Observatory on Wednesday. It plans to issue the lowest typhoon warning this evening, it said separately.
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