(NEWSER) – Amid vicious winds and rain, Hong Kong last night raised its highest-level typhoon warning for the first time in 13 years. Some 129 people were injured in the storm; no deaths have been reported. But 60 flights were cancelled, and much of the city closed as Typhoon Vicente knocked down some 1,000 trees and triggered major flooding. Temporary shelters around the city have taken in hundreds of people, CNN reports.
The storm blew in yesterday, getting stronger by the hour. Schools were closed and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's opening was delayed today. Now a tropical storm, Vicente has arrived in southern mainland China, where authorities, bracing for floods and mudslides, have ordered 42,000 people to evacuate, AP reports.
Officials have yet to assess the damage in many of the hard-hit outer islands because communications remain down, she says. Morrison says she heard reports of entire villages being destroyed in more remote areas. A westward change of course put populated areas directly in the path of Pam. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says there are unconfirmed reports of an additional 44 deaths in Vanuatu's northeastern islands after Pam moved off its expected track. Morrison says residents were awakening to much calmer weather Sunday after many hunkered down in emergency shelters for a second straight night. She says power remains out and communications patchy.
(NEWSER) – Amid vicious winds and rain, Hong Kong last night raised its highest-level typhoon warning for the first time in 13 years. Some 129 people were injured in the storm; no deaths have been reported. But 60 flights were cancelled, and much of the city closed as Typhoon Vicente knocked down some 1,000 trees and triggered major flooding. Temporary shelters around the city have taken in hundreds of people, CNN reports.The storm blew in yesterday, getting stronger by the hour. Schools were closed and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's opening was delayed today. Now a tropical storm, Vicente has arrived in southern mainland China, where authorities, bracing for floods and mudslides, have ordered 42,000 people to evacuate, AP reports.Officials have yet to assess the damage in many of the hard-hit outer islands because communications remain down, she says. Morrison says she heard reports of entire villages being destroyed in more remote areas. A westward change of course put populated areas directly in the path of Pam. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says there are unconfirmed reports of an additional 44 deaths in Vanuatu's northeastern islands after Pam moved off its expected track. Morrison says residents were awakening to much calmer weather Sunday after many hunkered down in emergency shelters for a second straight night. She says power remains out and communications patchy.
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