By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Thai Newsroom
Hong Kong – Schools and the stock market were closed in Hong Kong on Monday (July 17) as Typhoon Talim swept south of the city.
As the financial hub braced for rainy and windy weather, more than 100 people sought refuge at temporary shelters. Some government and ferry services were halted and various events were postponed. The city’s airport authority said 16 flights were cancelled.
The Hong Kong Observatory raised a No. 8 typhoon signal, the third-highest warning under the city’s weather system, at 12.40 a.m. on Monday. It was the first signal of its kind hoisted this year. The weather forecaster expects Talim — with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 kilometres (87 miles) per hour — to skirt within 300 kilometres (186 miles) to the south-southwest of Hong Kong on Monday morning.
China’s National Meteorological Centre forecast the typhoon would make landfall in the coastal regions of neighbouring Guangdong province and Hainan province on Monday night before entering the Gulf of Tonkin and making another landfall in the Guangxi region on Tuesday. Talim is expected to weaken on Wednesday in Vietnam, it added.
In Hong Kong, the government received 18 reports of fallen trees. Residents were urged to stay away from the shoreline and avoid water sports activities, the observatory said.
The Thai Meteorological Department too issued a warning at 10 a.m. today that Talim is intensifying into a typhoon and after slamming to China’s Guangdong province tonight will then pass through southern China coast on to upper Vietnam during July 18-19, turning into a tropical storm then a depression or an intense low pressure cell respectively.
During July 17-20 a monsoon trough will move down and spread across Thailand’s northern region while a southwesterly monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea, the South and the Gulf of Thailand. This will bring more rain to Thailand with isolated heavy to very heavy showers in the North, Northeast, the central region including Bangkok and its vicinity, the eastern and southern regions.
People are warned to be careful of torrential rainfall that may trigger flash floods especially near foothills, waterways and low-lying areas.
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Top and Front Page: A man looks at the waves on a promenade during a typhoon in Hong Kong, on Monday, July 17, 2023. Schools and the stock market were closed in Hong Kong as Typhoon Talim swept south of the city. Photos: AP/Louise Delmotte and published by Yahoo!News
Insert: A woman walks through the waves at a beach during a typhoon in Hong Kong, on Monday, July 17, 2023. Photo: AP/Louise Delmotte and published by Yahoo!News
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