Asian Financial hubs in Hong Kong China's Guangdong Province canceled hundreds of flights and evacuated nearly 800 000 people forcing the closure of businesses schools and financial markets with Winds of around 200 kilometers per hour this super typhoon was one of the five strongest typhoons to hit the densely populated province across Guangdong 785 155 people have been evacuated from high-risk areas while 13 cities postponed the start of school terms on Friday following summer holidays in Hong Kong more than 300 people were stranded at the airport after the cancellation of some 460 flights as the city of 7.5 million people raised the storm warning to the highest level the weather will deteriorate rapidly when the typhoon starts to hit Hong Kong weather officials said with the possibility of storm surges being about three meters higher than normal tides and maximum water levels reaching record highs the weather authorities in China said seola could reach land along the coast between the cities of wedong and taishan Hong Kong and Macau lie in the middle of this stretch as of 6 PM the government said that 39 temporary shelters have been opened in various districts of Hong Kong and so far a total of 331 people have been admitted the government call center in 1823 received 29 reports of Fallen trees and the drainage service received seven flood reports the government has yet to receive reports of landslides the hospital Authority also stated that at 17 40 today three men were injured due to the storm and went to the public hospital's emergency department for treatment residents on Hong Kong's remote Islands bore the brunt of the strong winds that hit the mainland in Tai o lontau island in the early morning several residents took pictures of the water around Front Street and the pier reaching their feet as well as knee-deep water outside the Hao Wong temple with a trash can floating above it some restaurants had added sluice Gates and piled up sandbags the night before but some seawater still flows into the restaurants the seafood restaurant also lifted goods and installed a water pump chairman of the Thai o rural committee member of hoshu Ki Islands District Council said based on the experiences of typhoon's Hado and man cut in the past the sea level would rise by 3.5 to 3.8 meters coupled with the effects of extreme weather and other factors the tidal waves of typhoon Sula this time are likely to be the highest reaching 4 meters several departments including police and fire sent Personnel to the Thai o rural committee to set up an emergency coordination Center the department of Home Affairs successively opened more Regional Asylum centers there are thousands of seniors living in the Thai o area including more than 100 seniors aged 90 years and over many of them live in lowlands or Huts there are currently about 120 to 130 people on the evacuation list in the area and 10 elderly people with limited Mobility have been arranged to live in shelters which is located by the Sea also experienced flooding in the morning and several elderly residents needed to be evacuated the Civil assistance agency sent Personnel to patrol the village and they were equipped with ropes helmets and other equipment many homes and restaurants in the area piled up sandbags to prevent flooding but seawater surged through the water blocks and sandbags flooding the floors of some low-lying homes in shatin new territories parts of the xingman river were already flooded before typhoon signal number eight installed currently the government has closed part of the subway line to pedestrians next to the shingman river and the bicycle path is also impassable Beach there are multi-story sandbags and water horses on the pavement when the typhoon number eight signal was raised many residents still came to the scene to chase the wind guangdong's top official called for a near-war state as the southern Province braced for the arrival of super typhoon seola Juan Kunming the Communist Party chief of Guangdong made the comments at a meeting of senior provincial officials on Thursday night according to the nanfong Daily Juan said authorities in Guangdong should stand by and make every effort to win the tough battle against the typhoon and effectively Safeguard the lives and property of the people Huang also a member of the politburo asked officials to relocate people as soon as possible to ensure that no family or individual is Left Behind typhoon saola is approaching and will bring strong winds torrential rain huge waves and other adverse impacts to the province with a high risk of serious disasters Juan said China's national meteorological Center nmc maintained its highest Red Alert for the typhoon on Friday morning in forecast that sayola would make landfall along the southern coast of Guangdong between Friday night and Saturday morning the nmc added that Heavy Rain would fall in eastern and southern Guangdong and the Southeastern part of neighboring fujian Province between Friday morning and Saturday morning the Guangdong government raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level on Thursday Shenzhen a tech Hub bordering Hong Kong home to 12.6 million people announced on Friday morning that the city would close offices construction sites and factories from 4 pm and Highway entrances from 7pm Local Schools were closed on Thursday afternoon seven other cities have taken the same measures including the provincial capital Guangzhou and the coastal cities of juhai and Chantal henching which connects juhai with Macau was also closed the fire and rescue Corps of Guangdong Province said close to 10 000 firefighters and 210 vessels were on standby for disaster relief in a railway Guangzhou group set all trains in and out of Guangdong would be suspended between 8 pm on Friday and 6 p.m on Saturday the official news agency xinhwa said on Friday that more than 27 000 fishing boats had returned to Harbors in Guangdong to Take Shelter From The Storm in neighboring fujian Province more than one hundred thousand people in high-risk areas have been evacuated according to State broadcaster CCTV and schools in the cities of chuancho and Junjo delayed the start of the new Academic Year until Monday fujan's provincial party secretary told officials we should do a solid job of flood prevention in rivers and basins and defending cities and Villages against water locking China issued its highest storm warning on Thursday as super typhoon saola edged closer to the south of the country threatening Hong Kong and the manufacturing Hub of Shenzhen the southern provinces of Guangdong and fujen also issued warnings as the powerful storm approaches the national meteorological Center issued the red alert at 6am saying the typhoon was expected to move Northwest across the South China Sea at 10 kilometers per hour and make landfall between huilai in Guangdong and Hong Kong on Friday afternoon or evening it said strong winds and storms were expected to hit Guangdong and fujian on Thursday and Friday local governments in the two provinces issued their own typhoon warnings and ordered a string of closures in Shenzhen a Blue Alert the lowest on the four-tier system is expected to be upgraded to Yellow around 6 pm and authorities have said schools could be closed the typhoon has prompted schools in many Guangdong cities including shantau chaujo and huajo to delay the start of the new school year from Friday to Monday many parks museums and beaches have been temporarily closed in Guangdong including damasia Beach and the nanshan museum in Shenzhen and the nansha Wetland Park in Guangzhou transport is expected to be disrupted with China Railway suspending several major train services in the province in Shenzhen all flights into and out of the Bowen International Airport will be suspended from noon on Friday Ferry services from Shenzhen to juhai and Hong Kong will also be suspended from Friday while other routes in Guangdong including from juhai zhongshan and Guangzhou will be halted from Thursday to Sunday depending on the weather in neighboring fujen Island cruises and Coastal tours have been suspended with all boats requested to dock the maritime Authority in provincial capital Shaman has emergency Towing vessels on standby in shanway authorities have issued an emergency order shutting down schools workplaces and transport from Friday residents have been urged to stay