Cheung Chaur reported sustained winds of 68 kilometers per hour (42 mph) and maximum gusts of 105 kilometers per hour (65 mph), the observatory said. Local authorities have taken extreme precautions; cancelling 202 flights and 160 trains. Sources with the airport said more flights delays were expected.
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Typhoon Nida passed through Hong Kong before arriving in Guangdong.
Staff manning klia2’s customer service counter, who spoke to the news portal on condition of anonymity, said they received a lot of questions as to where stranded passengers could spend the night.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that the morning trading in its securities market, including Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading, and derivatives market had been delayed due to the issuance of Typhoon Signal No. 8.
About 260 people sought assistance at the government’s temporary shelters.
But dedicated fans of new augmented reality game Pokemon Go, which has many in the city glued to their smartphones even more than usual, wrapped up in waterproofs to keep hunting monsters as the storm blew in.
Typhoon Nida landed at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Dapeng Peninsula in the city of Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, local weather authorities said.
The National Meteorological Centre (NMC) said strong winds and heavy rain along the coast might affect Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan provinces, as well as the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. While the cyclone is closing in at Southern China, China issues red alert closing all schools and subways. Guangzhou, which was expecting the storm, raised its first-ever red storm alert on Monday. Members of the public have been advised to stay indoors, Xinhua reported.
Hundreds of train routes and flights had already been canceled in cities across southern China as Nida barreled toward land after battering the Philippines over the weekend.
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As the typhoon bore down on the region, construction sites in Guangzhou and Shenzhen were ordered to halt work on Tuesday and schools suspended classes to ensure the safety of workers and students.
