Hong Kong, Typhoon Wipha
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Typhoon Wipha disrupted travel and daily life across Hong Kong and southern China today, grounding over 400 flights and affecting around 80,000 passengers in Hong Kong alone. Hundreds more flights were delayed in nearby cities. High winds toppled trees, injuring 26 people, and… pic.twitter.com/79U0q0vgiy
Wipha was a tropical storm over China Sunday evening Eastern time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 52 miles per hour.
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China have been evacuated and flights and trains cancelled as a result of Typhoon Wipha. The China Meteorological Administration issued an orange typhoon warning,
Typhoon Wipha disrupts travel in Taiwan and is set to impact southern China, Vietnam, and Laos. The storm caused high winds and rain, leading to flight and ferry cancellations. As Wipha strengthens, heavy rain and strong winds are expected along China's southern coast before it weakens heading west.
A tropical storm is intensifying and is expected to reach typhoon strength before hitting southern China's coast on Sunday
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Typhoon Wipha has toppled trees and caused major flight disruptions in Hong Kong and at some nearby airports in China as it moved west off the country’s southern coast.
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Al Jazeera on MSNTyphoon Wipha makes landfall in southern China after battering Hong KongTyphoon makes landfall on the coast of China’s southern Guangdong province as it weakens to a severe tropical storm.
Typhoon Wipha disrupted air and rail travel across Hong Kong and neighboring Chinese cities, prompting the highest hurricane alert. The storm, packing