Hong Kong’s nearby Super Typhone Ragasa is widespread damage and disruption, which is currently rotating with trees collided with trees from the northeast coast of the Philippines.
According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the powerful storm is packed the strong winds of maximum 230 km (143 miles) per hour, which is a five -step safe Simpson category equal to 4 hurricanes. The Philippines warned about life -threatening conditions.
Hong Kong’s International Airport faces major obstacles due to the storm, Kathy Pacific Airways Limited is expected to cancel more than 500 flights. Ragsa has been threatened that the most expensive storm affecting the city since Mangakhut in 2018, which led to insurance claims led to HK 9 2.9 billion ($ 373 million).
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Schools will be suspended on Tuesday and Wednesday, while Hong Kong exchange says it will “closely monitor” the storm – which will bring a potential test for city pressure to keep markets open during severe weather.
More than 10,000 people have been evacuated in the northern Philippine island of Luzon, and official work and classes were suspended in the capital Manila and several dozen provinces until Monday. Some parts of the country will receive more than 200 mm (8 inches), which threatens mass floods, road damage and infrastructure.
Once the Ragsa passes through the Philippines, it will be detected from across the South China Sea and it is expected that Hong Kong will pass the south. According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the Gale Force will begin to affect the city on Wednesday, and the power of the hurricane can reach the sea.
On Monday, the Hong Kong was already experiencing a literal calm before the storm, due to the wind down the wind down on the outdoor rims of the nearby storm with blue sky and warm temperatures. Nevertheless, local grid operators have already activated their extreme climate reaction projects, including harvest trees that can fall on the power lines.
According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the cold deep sea waters and friction from the southern China’s rotation coast will slow down the winds of storm, but this system is still ready for landfall as a super -typhoon in Guangdong province as a super -typhoon.
The forecast has warned that Ragsa will potentially cause a significant increase in the storm as the storm will approach the city, in which water levels are visible during Mangakhut in 2018, a system that has also blown the windows of office buildings.
After a separate dizziness near Hong Kong city, the weekend has been wet by the rain. With the debris, the soil and the drains are potentially provoking, when the ragas is hit, there is a major threat to land sliding and flood floods.
According to the Observatory, Ragsa will be the 11th tropical storm affecting the city this year, which will break the record number of storm warning signals between January and September after 1946. The typhoon will likely interfere with the two -day aviation industry conference, which begins on Wednesday, which usually brings thousands of delegates to Hung Kong.
Photo: A cottage Pacific Airways Limited plane on the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong’s International Airport in Hong Kong. Photo Credit: Lam Yak/Bloomberg
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