‘Coffee threat’: Typhoon Vipa warned of the most storm in Hong Kong, disrupted travel in South China
Powerful typhoon disrupts air travel at Hong Kong and neighboring Chinese airports on Sunday as it used to track west along the southern coast. Flight operations at airports at Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Jhuhai and Macao were suspended during the daylight, according to their official websites. Several high -speed rail services were stopped in the area.Hong Kong Observatory activated its highest alert level, storm signal number 10. At 9:20 (Hong Kong time) officials said that the center of the storm was passed right south of the city around the afternoon, causing continuous winds to reach 140 kilometers (87 mi) per hour.Hong Kong Observatory warned that Typhoon was “quite threats” to the city as it would skirt about about 50 km south of the South China Morning Post for about 50 km south, South China Morning Post reported.Number 10 signal, the highest-tier warning, means that winds with an average speed of 118 km/h or more are expected. The final number 10 was during the super typhoon Saola in 2023, 86 injuries, landslides and thousands of trees fell due to the storm.Officials confirmed that more than 200 residents sought shelter in public shelters, in which several reports of trees were topped. Popular attractions including Hong Kong Disneyland remained closed.This system, which intensified overnight for typhoon positions, moved towards Macao and Zuhai. The forecasts predicted the landfall late on Sunday night before continuing the west, after eventually reached Vietnam later in the week, AP said.Impressing the name of Thai-origin, VIPA on Saturday detected the Philippines as a tropical storm before sinking Taiwan. Western Pacific Typhoon names are elected by regional countries.In the Philippines, the system increased the monsoon rains, resulting in an ambush in the North Kagayan province.The severe weather affected over 370,000 people, with floods, landslides and strong winds empt 43,000 government shelters or homes of relatives. Officials reported damage to more than 400 residences during the incident.
