Weather & Science
Hong Kong Warns of Flight Disruptions as Super Typhoon Nears
- Education bureau announces suspension of school classes Friday
- Storm has maximum sustained winds of 232 kilometers per hour
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Hong Kong raised its storm warning to the third-highest level as Super Typhoon Yagi skirts the city, with flights set to be disrupted throughout Friday as the storm tracks toward southern China.
The Hong Kong Observatory issued a so-called Typhoon Signal 8, a warning of gale or storm-force winds near sea level, at 6:20 p.m. local time. It expects the alert will remain at least until noon on Friday. The train to the airport and the city’s underground rail services will normally run on a limited schedule when the alert is raised, depending on the severity of the storm.