Overview

• Hong Kong Observatory downgraded the warning from No.10 to No.3 at 7:40 p.m., ending a 19-hour high-alert period.
• Cathay Pacific resumed flights and the airport plans 234 departures and arrivals overnight to clear a backlog of 500 canceled services affecting about 100,000 passengers.
• Public transport and schools are reopening under the No.3 signal after mass suspensions left thousands stranded and more than 700 fallen-tree reports blocked roads.
• Macau also lowered its storm alert tonight, and Guangdong authorities relocated nearly 280,000 residents during Wipha’s landfall at 5:50 p.m.
• Authorities in Vietnam reported 38 deaths after a tour boat capsized in Halong Bay, and the Philippines warned that heavy rains have left three people dead, three missing and over 370,000 affected.