Hong Kong (Reuters) -Puper Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful tropical cyclone in the world this year, hit Hong Kong with winds of hurricane force and torrential rain on Wednesday when the city closed and more than 700 flights were canceled and canceled.
The typhoon caused panic purchases this week, with people who accumulate in supermarkets, they leave little on the shelves and, in some cases, they queue for hours to buy products amid fears that stores can close for two days.
As the typhoon approached, the city’s residents hit their windows with the hope of minisiming any danger of shattered glass.
Ragasa, in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, on Wednesday morning by Hong Kong, which will bathe about 100 km south of the territory.
Hong Kong issued the Typhoon Signal 10, the highest, Tuesday night, which urges most companies and transport services to close.
“The seas will be phenomenal with the waves. There will be waves on the coast, which will be particularly significant along the eastern and southern coasts,” said the observatory.
The authorities have warned about the increase in sea level, saying that they could be similar to those seen during the Typhoon Hato in 2017 and the Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, which caused billions of dollars in damages.
The Observatory said that the water levels have begun to increase due to a significant ciclonic swells and will reach a maximum of about four meters (13 feet) around noon (0400 GMT).
The financial center has already opened 49 temporary shelters in several districts and 727 people have sought refuge in shelters.
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange will remain open. He changed his policy at the end of last year to continue exchanging the weather.
Ragasa will maintain the intensity of the super typhoon as it approaches the coast of Guangdong, Continental and Taiwan, after sweeping the northern Philippines on Monday. Landfall is expected along the coast of Guangdong from noon until Wednesday night.
The Guangdong authorities evacuated more than 770,000 people, said the CCTV of the state station.
In the Macao game center with Hong Kong, the authorities issued the warning signal No. 10 at 5.30 am
(Anne Marie Roantree report; Stephen Coates Edition)
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