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South China Morning Post
3 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Typhoon Wipha: Hong Kong emerges with dozens hurt, travellers frustrated
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP's journalism by subscribing . New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong is getting back to normal after having largely survived the onslaught of Typhoon Wipha, with the tropical cyclone triggering a No 10 warning and leaving dozens injured, hundreds of trees toppled and tens of thousands of travellers dealing with cancellations. A No 8 signal or above was in force for 19 hours on Sunday, including seven hours for the highest No 10 hurricane warning, before the Observatory downgraded it to No 3 at 7.40pm. Throughout the day, 18 men and 15 women were injured and sought medical treatment at accident and emergency units. The number of injuries reached 86 when Super Typhoon Saola hit the city in 2023 and also caused a No 10 warning. More than 270 people sought refuge at the government's 34 temporary shelters. Over 700 reports of fallen trees were received by 8pm, with some leading to road closures and damaging vehicles parked underneath them. All public transport was largely suspended until a gradual resumption in the late afternoon, while 500 flights were cancelled, leaving thousands of angry passengers stranded at the airport and the West Kowloon high-speed rail terminus. An Indonesian traveller, who only gave her first name, Amy, said she had to spend more than 30 hours at Hong Kong's airport to secure a new flight after hers to Bali at 10am on Sunday was cancelled.
South China Morning Post
3 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Typhoon Wipha: Hong Kong airport scrambling to deal with backlog of 500 flights
Hong Kong airport is scrambling to deal with a backlog of 500 cancelled flights for about 100,000 passengers, with some people waiting there since Saturday amid the upheaval caused by Typhoon Wipha. Chris Au Young, the Airport Authority's general manager of terminal and passenger experience, said on Sunday afternoon that about 400 rescheduled flights would either depart or arrive in Hong Kong later in the day as the typhoon moved away from the city and weakened. 'More than 500 flights were cancelled this time. It will normally take two to three days for airlines to gradually resume them,' he said, adding that about 100,000 passengers were affected. He said all 27 security check channels in the departure hall would operate overnight. The moves were among contingency measures put in place by the airport operator since Saturday. The authority said in the evening that it would handle 120 arriving and 114 departing flights involving 35,000 passengers between 8pm on Sunday and 6am on Monday. Chris Au Young says contingency plans have been in place since Saturday. Photo: Dickson Lee Wipha prompted the Observatory to issue its highest typhoon warning, a No 10 hurricane signal, earlier on Sunday. In force for almost seven hours, it was downgraded to the No 8 signal at 4.10pm and to No 3 at 7.40pm as the storm moved farther away from the city.
RTHK
a day ago
- RTHK
34 dead as tourist boat capsizes in Ha Long Bay
34 dead as tourist boat capsizes in Ha Long Bay Millions of people visit Ha Long Bay each year, drawn by the Unesco World Heritage Site's blue-green waters and rainforest-topped limestone islands. File photo: Reuters A tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam's Ha Long Bay capsized in a storm on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 34 people dead, according to state media reports, as rescuers scrambled to locate the missing. The vessel was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members when it capsized in the Unesco World Heritage site because of sudden heavy rain, the VNExpress news site said. Most of those on board were families visiting from the capital Hanoi, with more than 20 children among the passengers, it said. "Border guards rescued 11 people and recovered 34 bodies," it added. Rescue efforts were set to continue into the night to find the eight still missing. Ha Long Bay office worker Tran Trong Hung told AFP the storm started in the afternoon. "The sky turned dark at around 2pm (0700 GMT)," he said. There were "hailstones as big as toes with torrential rain, thunderstorm and lightning", he said. One of the rescued, a 10-year-old boy, told state media outlet VietnamNet, "I took a deep breath, swam through a gap, dived, then swam up. I even shouted for help, then I was pulled up by a boat with soldiers." Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent his condolences to the families of the deceased and called on the defense and public security ministries to conduct urgent search and rescue. Authorities would "investigate and clarify the cause of the incident and strictly handle violations", a statement on the government website said. Mai Van Khiem, director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, was quoted by VNExpress as saying that the thunderstorms in northern Vietnam were not caused by the influence of Tropical Storm Wipha in the South China Sea. Ha Long Bay is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations, with millions of people visiting its blue-green waters and rainforest-topped limestone islands each year. Last year, 30 vessels sank at boat lock areas in coastal Quang Ninh province along Ha Long Bay after Typhoon Yagi brought strong wind and waves. (AFP)
