The highest storm alert is in force in hong kong as typhoon saola is approaching. it could be the strongest storm to hit the region in decades, with the hong kong observatory is warning of winds. Hong kong cnn —. the strongest typhoon hong kong has seen in five years ripped through the city and other parts of southern china, knocking down trees and scaffolding and causing hundreds of.
Saola necessitated the issuance of the hurricane signal no. 10 again since super typhoon mangkhut hitting hong kong in 2018. during the period of tropical cyclone warning signal no. 8 or above was in force, the maximum sustained wind near the centre of saola was 210 km h, breaking the previous record of 205 km h set by super typhoon hope in. As saola approached land on friday with winds equivalent to those of a category 4 hurricane, it threatened major metropolitan areas, including hong kong, shenzhen and macau. hong kong closed its. Typhoon saola (2023) typhoon saola, known in the philippines as super typhoon goring, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone that affected the philippines, southern taiwan, hong kong, macau and south china. the name saola, is in reference to a rare animal found in vietnam. the ninth named storm, seventh typhoon, and third super typhoon [ a. Due to make landfall on friday night or saturday morning, saola may be among the five strongest typhoons to hit the chinese province of guangdong since 1949, with hong kong and macau expected to.
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