Overnight winds of up to 140 km / h. Thousands of uprooted trees, landslides, flooding. Stock exchange and schools closed. Hundreds of passengers trapped in the underground for seven hours.

Hong Kong (AsiaNews) - More than 500 injured and two dead in Hong Kong is the provisional toll from the passage of  typhoon Vicente, the strongest since 1999.

The storm warning was raised to No. 10 (the highest), with winds up to 140km per hour, yesterday after midnight and lasted until this morning at 10 o'clock, after the typhoon turned into a "severe tropical storm. "

At least 1000 trees were uprooted, there have been some landslides and areas of land are flooded. The fall of a tree in the Tai Po area severed electricity supplies and blocked hundreds of passengers in the underground subway for seven hours, at Fo Tan Station.

The international airport resumed normal services in the afternoon. At least 60 flights were canceled, 16 diverted to other areas and more than 70 delayed. Approximately 266 residents had to find refuge in 24 shelters because of damage to their homes.

The stock market was closed and only resumed in the afternoon. All day schools were closed.

This morning, at 11 (local time) Vicente was 260 kilometers west of Hong Kong. With winds at 22 miles per hour, it is passing through Guangdong and will touch Guangxi in the coming hours.

 

 

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