Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong bringing on highest storm alert | Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Tayfun Wipha beat the city, authorities canceled school lessons and released the highest tropical cyclone warning with hundreds of flights.

According to the city’s Air Observatory, Wipha was located on Sunday, 60 km southeast of Hong Kong at 10:00. Large waves were detected on the east coast of Hong Kong Island.

The observatory, the highest warning, “118 kilometers per hour or more average speed winds are expected” and “Hong Kong poses an important threat to” he said.

The observatory warned the people about “paying attention to destructive winds” and said, “Under the influence of the eye wall, hurricane force winds affect the southern part of the region”.

State News Agency Xinhua said China’s Hinan and Guangdong states are also highly awake.

The storm, which reached the power of typhoon overnight, headed towards Macau and the neighboring Chinese city of Zhuhai. It was estimated that he would continue to land late on Sunday and move to the west and reach Vietnam this week.

A representative from Hong Kong’s airport authority said on Sunday, said that about 500 flights were canceled due to the air, and about 400 flights were planned again later on the day, or that it was planned again with an increase.

Hundreds of people took refuge in temporary shelters operated by the state. On Sunday morning, a man sought medical treatment at the emergency department of a public hospital, and the authorities received more than a dozen down tree report.

Authorities suspended Sundays’ courses all day in school and daily care centers.

While local trains provide limited services, operations in open sections were suspended.

According to the country’s National Disaster Council, Wipha brought heavy rains and floods to the Philippines and two people were reported to be missing.

Hong Kong lastly used the T10 warning signal for Super Typhoon Saola in 2023.