Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-07-21 11:00:00
HONG KONG, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Observatory on Monday morning canceled all warning signals for tropical cyclones as Wipha, the sixth typhoon of this year, left the city.
Transportation services are resuming in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong link road of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge reopened to all vehicles from 12:00 a.m. on Monday, said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.
Airport Authority Hong Kong said the three runways and all apron facilities at the Hong Kong International Airport are functioning well. Many flights were rescheduled on Sunday due to the typhoon. From 8:00 p.m. Sunday to 6:00 a.m. Monday, a total of 120 flights arrived and 114 departed.
The Hong Kong Observatory forecast rainstorms and big waves on Monday in the wake of the typhoon and alerted residents to stay vigilant and stay away from the coasts.
By 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, 33 residents had received treatment at public hospitals for injuries caused by rainstorms, local data showed.
Wipha made a second landfall near Hailing Island in Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province at around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday as a strong tropical storm, after first landing at around 5:50 p.m. near Haiyan Town of Jiangmen City in Guangdong. ■