After pummeling Philippines, super typhoon heads for Hong Kong, China

Days after sweeping through the Philippines, where it wreaked havoc that killed at least 25, the deadly super typhoon is heading to Hong Kong and China.

Reports say the super typhoon is now gaining in strength over the South China Sea, packing gale force winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), equivalent to a maximum Category 5 “intense hurricane” in the Atlantic.

Philippine authorities said at least 25 people were killed, including a baby and a toddler, most of them in landslides in mountainous areas that left at least 13 missing.

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“The landslides happened as some residents returned to their homes after the typhoon,” disaster response coordinator Francis Tolentino said on DZMM Radio, adding that 5.7 million people had been affected and most were prepared.

“No matter how prepared we are, there is really some limitation.”

The impending arrival of the super typhoon has forced Hong Kong to raise its highest No. 10 typhoon signal at mid-morning, while China has ordered about 6,000 boats to return to harbour, and evacuated thousands of offshore oil platform workers, the state news agency, Xinhua, said.

 

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