China: Heavy rain and wind hit Hong Kong as tropical storm Tapah affects mainland country

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Hong Kong received heavy rain and wind Monday as Tropical Storm Tapah also affected mainland China. On Sunday night, Hong Kong's observatory raised its number 8 storm signal, the third-highest in the city's weather system. At 9 a.m. local time, it reported that Tapah had maximum sustained winds of about 110 kilometers per hour near the center. Two people were injured in the storm and sent to a hospital for treatment. The government received about 20 reports of toppled trees in the city, with hundreds of people seeking refuge in temporary centers.   #teleSUREnglish #TropicalStormTapah #HongKongWeather #ChinaStormAlert #ExtremeWeather

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00:00In China, Typhoon Tabá, the sixteenth of the current season, made longfall this Monday

00:05in the southern Chinese province of Canton as a strong tropical storm.

00:11Tabá hit Taishan on the coast of Canton at about 8.50 local time, with winds of about

00:17108 km per hour and a pressure of 978 ectopascals.

00:23The observatory forecasts that the phenomenon will move to the northwest at about 20 km

00:29per hour and will progressively lose strength as it moved inland, after leaving winds of

00:35between 10 and 11 degrees on the shiny scale, equivalent to a severe tropical storm.

00:41In cities such as Shenzhen, Shunai and Jiangmen, outdoor activities were ordered to cease and

00:47the preemptive evacuation of thousands of people in coastal areas at Bresk.

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