Hong Kong has grounded flights, shut down its stock market and closed schools as super Typhoon Saola speeds towards China’s southern coast.
The speed of Saola’s wind reached 205 kilometres per hour as it came within 230km east-southeast of the financial city earlier today.
On China’s mainland, Chan Pai-Kwa of the Observatory, issued the highest typhoon warning for the storm, which state media said would make landfall in the coastal areas stretching from Huilai to Hong Kong.
They added that the weather would deteriorate rapidly throughout the day, warning of the possibility of serious flooding in low-lying coastal areas.
