Saola lost super typhoon status as winds dropped from 150 miles per hour to 140 mph, though still remains the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. The storm previously impacted parts of northeaste…
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.
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. The storm is expected to weaken as it approaches to become the equivalent of Category 2 hurricane. During a press conference Thursday afternoon, Hong Kong’s Chief Secretary Eric Chan announced all schools would be closed Friday, which was set to beDepending on the ultimate track of the typhoon, HKO has warned that higher signals are possible.
“With the exception of CX840/1 September to New York-JFK, all Cathay Pacific flights arriving in and departing from Hong Kong between 2pm on Friday, 1 September and 10 am on Saturday, 2 September have been cancelled,” Cathay PacificCathay Pacific warned of potential further flight delays and cancellations “based on weather conditions and the typhoon’s path on Saturday morning.”
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