Overview

• The Hong Kong Observatory cancelled all tropical cyclone signals at 5:10 a.m. Monday after issuing a No. 10 hurricane warning for seven hours on Sunday.
• Hong Kong International Airport is clearing a backlog of nearly 500 cancelled flights affecting about 100,000 passengers, with around 400 flights rescheduled to operate by Monday evening.
• Economists estimate Hong Kong incurred HK$2–3 billion in losses during the No. 10 signal period, with the catering, retail and transport sectors hardest hit.
• In Guangdong Province, nearly 280,000 residents were relocated before Wipha’s landfall and heavy rains on Monday prompted flash flood and landslide warnings.
• Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered evacuations of high-risk communities and vessel recalls in anticipation of 500–600 mm of rain and up to five-metre storm surges.