Schools closed and flights were canceled as Hong Kong hoisted its third highest storm warning early Friday morning in anticipation of Typhoon Saola, which is expected to brush the city later in the day and could be its worst storm in five years.
Saola lost super typhoon status as winds dropped from 240 kilometers per hour to 220 kph , though still remains the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. The storm previously impacted parts of northeastern Philippines. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center projects that the storm will get closest to Hong Kong and China’s southern Guangdong Province Friday night but the center of the storm will remain offshore.
During Thursday’s press conference, experts suggested the storm surge for Saola could reach similar levels as seen with Mangkhut, which killed 10 people in neighboring Macau and caused significant damage in Hong Kong. Ahead of the typhoon, Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay Pacific halted all flights to and from Hong Kong from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, the airline said in a statement Thursday.
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