The cities of Zhuhai and Shanwei in Guangdong province have also issued red alerts the highest in China’s four-tier color coded warning system. Shenzhen has issued a yellow one the third most severe. All work, production, and classes in Guangzhou are suspended during the alert. Members of the public have been advised to stay indoors, Xinhua reported. Guangzhou Railway Corporation said all trains departing from Guangdong would be canceled on Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of passengers affected. “It’s the strongest typhoon to hit the Pearl River Delta since 1983 and will bring severe flooding,” Xinhua cited local official He Guoqing as saying.
More than 220 flights out of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai airports were canceled before the storm passed over Tuesday, the Sohu news portal said. Nearly 2,000 workers constructing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge were evacuated Monday morning, and more than 2,000 others working on an offshore oil platform were relocated Sunday evening, Xinhua said. As Nida edged closer, the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong issued a “T8″ storm signal its third-highest Monday evening as the storm picked up winds of 130 kilometers (81 miles) per hour.
“There will be squalls, heavy rain and rough seas after sunset. There may be flooding in low-lying areas.” Nida brought strong winds and torrential rains to the northern Philippines over the weekend, while southern China has already been hard-hit by storms this summer. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan in July and left at least 69 dead once it made landfall in the mainland’s eastern province of Fujian, despite having been downgraded to a tropical storm.
More than 220 flights out of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai airports were canceled before the storm passed over Tuesday, the Sohu news portal said. Nearly 2,000 workers constructing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge were evacuated Monday morning, and more than 2,000 others working on an offshore oil platform were relocated Sunday evening, Xinhua said. As Nida edged closer, the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong issued a “T8″ storm signal its third-highest Monday evening as the storm picked up winds of 130 kilometers (81 miles) per hour.
“There will be squalls, heavy rain and rough seas after sunset. There may be flooding in low-lying areas.” Nida brought strong winds and torrential rains to the northern Philippines over the weekend, while southern China has already been hard-hit by storms this summer. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan in July and left at least 69 dead once it made landfall in the mainland’s eastern province of Fujian, despite having been downgraded to a tropical storm.
