Storm hit overnight as business, transport and schools suspended in Hong Kong and Guangdong
Typhoon Saola made landfall in southern China before dawn on Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern China suspended business, transport and schools.
Guangdong province’s meteorological bureau said the powerful storm churned into an outlying district of the city of Zhuhai, just south of Hong Kong at 3.30am. It was forecast to move in a south-westerly direction along the Guangdong coast at a speed of about 10mph, gradually weakening before heading out to sea.
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