HONG KONG: China issued its highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Super Typhoon Saola drew closer to Hong Kong and the mainland's southern coast, with several cities delaying the start of the school year as a precaution.
But there was also a possibility it could move west and"pass through the waters of eastern Guangdong without making landfall". Its subsidiary, budget airline HK Express announced it was cancelling 70 flights in and out of Hong Kong on Friday and Saturday. Mangkhut - which triggered Hong Kong's maximum"T10" typhoon alert - caused severe damage to the city and injured more than 300 people.but no direct casualties have been reported from it so far.
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