Over 400 flights cancelled and stock market shut as the Asian financial hub braces for widespread disruptions due to severe weather conditions.
Most of Hong Kong and other parts of southern China ground to a near standstill with classes and flights cancelled as Super Typhoon Saola edged closer.
Hong Kong's stock market trading was suspended and more than 400 flights were cancelled or delayed in the key centre for regional business and travel. Mainland Chinese rail authorities ordered all trains entering or leaving Guangdong province to be suspended from Friday night to early evening Saturday, state media CCTV reported.
Its forecast said Saola — with maximum sustained winds of 210 kilometres per hour — would be closest to the financial hub on Friday night and Saturday morning, skirting within about 50 kilometres south of the city's shopping district Tsim Sha Tsui.The observatory's director, Chan Pak-wai, said Thursday the alert might be upgraded to a No. 10 signal if the strength of the winds reached hurricane levels. The No.
Residents living in low-lying areas had placed sandbags at their doors to prevent their homes being flooded. The government received two reports of fallen trees and three flooding cases.Another storm, Haikui, was gradually moving toward the coastal areas of eastern China. Coupled with the influence of Saola, parts of Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces would see strong winds and heavy rains, according to a website run by China Meteorological Administration.
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