(Bloomberg) – Hong Kong reduced its storm alert from the highest level when Tropical Cyclone Wipha moved around the city and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. decided to restore some flights later on Sunday.
The Hong Kong Observatory reduced the signal to No. 8 at 16:10 local time. It was predicted that Wipha would move to the west about 22 kilometers (13.7 miles) per hour across the mouth of the Pearl River, towards the coast of the western province of Guangdong in China, the meteorological agency said on its website.
Wipha is likely to make Landfall along the coastal area in the Chinese southern province of Guangdong Late Sunday and will affect the cities of Zhuhai and Zhanjiang, the local weather office said. Almost 280,000 people in Guangdong were moved from 9:00 on Saturdays according to the state media report.
Cathay Pacific said in a statement that outgoing flights would continue from Sunday about 18:00. The airline previously delayed or canceled all flights scheduled for available or departure from Hong Kong between 5:00 and 6:00 pm, adding that further delay and cancellation of flight may be required on the basis of weather conditions and way of typehoon.
The Hong Kong Airport said on its website that the operation was expected to be influenced by the typhoon and that it activated its emergency center. On Sunday, the educational office suspended all special classes and other school events.
The Hong Kong Hospital Office stated in its statement that 21 people were looking for medical treatment during the typhoon.
In the neighboring Macau, the government planned to reduce its warning signal at 17:00 local time, according to the city meteorological office. The main hotels in the city, including the Venetian, Paris, London and four seasons, remained open.
In Vietnam, 38 people in the Gulf of Halong died in the northern part of the country after the ship ended on Saturday afternoon in the middle of bad weather, depending on the contribution on the website of the Vietnamese government. Dozens of flights were abolished and redirected when the storm was assumed that the Vietnamese northern province of Quang Ninh to Thanh Hoa, according to a separate post on the government’s website, was assumed.
Meanwhile, the Philippine government warned heavy rain up to 200 millimeters (7.87 inches), and can persist until Tuesday on the main island of Luzon. Three people remained dead storms, three are missing while more than 370,000 people were affected.
Hong Kong last increased its signal No. 10 in September 2023, when Typehoon Saola was pummeled, which caused floods across the territory.
The urban exchange ended its decade old tradition of closing during the storms of signal No. 8 or higher last year. During the pandemic, this practice has become more and more questioned, when extensive work settings from home showed trading in a small obstacle.
-S using Emmy Dong, Nguyen Dieu tu Uyen and Karl Lester M. Yap.
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