Hong Kong raised the warning level on Friday evening to the city’s highest T which had only been issued times since World War II before Saola . Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the region and trees were uprooted around the rainbattered streets of Hong Kong .
Hong Kong residents struggled with flailing umbrellas as they ran under unrelenting rainfall while people wearing plastic bags on their heads rushed home past sandbags stacked in waterfront areas to prevent flooding . By pm local time Saola was kilometres southsouthwest of the city the closest to Hong Kong at present and packing sustained wind speeds of kilometres per hour .
The last time Hong Kong issued a T warning was in when Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the city shredding trees and unleashing floods and leaving more than people injured . Climate change has increased the intensity of tropical storms with more rain and stronger gusts leading to flash floods and coastal damage experts say experts say .
In mainland China six people killed six people and impacted the lives of more than three million others in mainland China in Typhoon Mangkut killed six and impacted more than 3 million others others in southern China in 2011 . In Hong Kong authorities received at least seven confirmed cases of flooding as well as nearly reports of downed trees and nearly reports .
In neighbouring Guangdong province authorities evacuated more than 200,000 people . The city’s hospital authority reported a total of nine people seeking medical treatment. The citys hospital Authority reported a number of cases of . and a total to be reported to have received a total in Hong Kong.
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