Published: 11:16, September 7, 2024
HKO cancels cyclone warning signals as Yagi heads towards Vietnam
By Wang Zhan in Hong Kong
Commuters board a bus to go work with public transport gradually resuming after downgrading of typhoon signal to No. 3 on Sept 6, 2024. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong largely returned to normality with the city’s forecaster canceling all tropical cyclone warning signals at 4:20 am on Saturday as Super Typhoon Yagi moved towards the northern part of Vietnam.

At 10 am, Yagi was centered about 220 kilometers east-southeast of Hanoi and forecast to move west-northwest at about 15 km per hour across Beibu Wan, the Hong Kong Observatory said in a 9:45 am bulletin.

The outer rainbands of Super Typhoon Yagi are bringing showers and thunderstorms to the coast of Guangdong.

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Locally, there will be showers and a few squally thunderstorms on Saturday and showers will be heavy at times, said the HKO, which issued the Strong Monsoon Signal while canceling the T3 signal at 4:20 am.

Winds are still strong offshore and on high ground and will moderate gradually, it added.

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With the typhoon departing Hong Kong and heading towards mainland China’s Hainan province, the observatory downgraded its typhoon warning to No. 3 at 12:40 pm on Friday.