Super Typhoon Saola threatens to hit southern China and Hong Kong

Some of the fiercest winds the region has ever seen. Super Typhoon Saola threatens to hit southern China on Friday, September 1. In mainland China, a red alert has been issued as the typhoon approaches, which state media says will make landfall. “In the coastal areas extending from Huilai to Hong Kong” Friday afternoon or night from Friday to Saturday.

Guangdong Province declared a level 1 wind emergency, the maximum level. The Chinese Ministry of Transport has deployed 16 rescue ships and nine rescue helicopters in areas likely to be hit by the storm, the Xinhua News Agency said.

“Dangerous flooding could occur.”

Shenzhen, a city with a population of 17.7 million, decided “Offices, companies, and markets will be closed from four in the afternoon, and public transportation will be stopped from seven in the evening.”According to a statement issued by the Emergency Management Service, which warned of the hurricane “It is expected to cause a strong storm in the city.”

“Apart from emergency response personnel and livelihood protection personnel, people are advised not to go out.”added the service with this specified “The city will open all shelters so the public can seek refuge.”

Neighboring Hong Kong closed its stock exchange and schools on Friday and canceled its departing and arriving flights. The city’s meteorological observatory said the powerful cyclone could overtake the area less than 100 kilometers to the south, and cause a storm surge around Victoria Harbour. “Dangerous flooding could occur.”he added.