Most of Hong Kong and other parts of southern China ground to a near-standstill Friday, canceling classes and flights as Typhoon Saola approached.
Idalia leaves a trail of flooding and devastation and ongoing power outages in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.But some residents, including security guard Shirley Ng, still had to go to work Friday. Ng said people were stocking up on food to prepare for the storm.Weather authorities in the nearby gambling hub of Macao also warned of flooding, forecasting that water levels might reach five feet in low-lying areas Saturday morning.
In the technology and finance hub of Shenzhen, just to the north of Hong Kong, the emergency-management bureau ordered a suspension of work, businesses and public transportation. Use of highways in the city was banned except for rescue crews. China’s National Meteorological Center said Saola could make landfall in coastal areas from Taishan city in Guangdong province to Shenzhen between the early hours and morning of Saturday, or just skim across those regions. But the center expected the strength of the typhoon to weaken slowly as it moves west.
Another storm, Haikui, was gradually moving toward eastern China. Coupled with the influence of Saola, parts of Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces will experience strong winds and heavy rains, the meteorological administration said. The meteorological center predicted that Haikui would hit Taiwan’s east coast Sunday.
Saola passed just south of Taiwan on Wednesday before turning toward mainland China, with its outer bands hitting the island’s southern cities with torrential rain. The typhoon also lashed the Philippines earlier this week, displacing tens of thousands of people in the northern part of the islands because of flooding.
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