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Powerful typhoon kills 20 in southern China, swipes Hong Kong
2013-09-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A powerful typhoon hit Hong Kong and the southern China coast on Monday, killing at least 20 people on the mainland, crippling power lines and causing flooding and gale force winds. Typhoon Usagi, the strongest storm to hit the Western Pacific this year, began pounding the Asian financial center late on Sunday. More than 370 flights were canceled. Despite earlier warnings the typhoon could pose a severe risk to Hong Kong, the city suffered only minimal damage, including toppled trees. There...
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Typhoon Usagi: SIA urges passengers on flights to HK and Guangzhou to defer travel
2013-09-22 19:04:01| Airlines - Topix.net
A man walks past the windows of a boutique store that have been taped-up in preparation for Typhoon Usagi at Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district in Hong Kong, Sept 22, 2013.
As China's Largest Typhoon Strikes, Evidence Of Human-Caused Climate Change Mounts
2013-09-22 08:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: In the South China Sea, the biggest typhoon in 30 years is bearing down on Hong Kong and southeast Chinas most populous regions. Waves of 45 feet were reported with wind gusts up to 140 miles per hour. Guangdong province, home to 109 million inhabitants, most of them along the coast, will see around 10 inches of rain between Sunday evening and Monday afternoon. And although the typhoon has lost its super storm status since touching ground in Taiwan Saturday, it will go down as the strongest...
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Hong Kong battens down as powerful Typhoon Usagi nears
2013-09-22 06:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hong Kong was bracing on Sunday for this year's most powerful typhoon, with government meteorologists warning of severe flooding created by a double whammy of powerful winds and exceptionally high tides. Typhoon Usagi, the strongest storm to hit the Western Pacific this year, is expected to hit the Asian financial center late on Sunday and early on Monday. The Hong King observatory posted a No. 3 signal warning of strong wind late on Saturday and was expected to raise the storm signal later...
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Super typhoon cuts power, unleashes landslides in northern Philippines
2013-09-21 09:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The year's most powerful typhoon slammed into the Philippines' northernmost islands on Saturday, cutting communication and power lines, triggering landslides and inundating rice fields, officials said. Packing winds of 185 kph (114 mph) near the center and gusts of up to 220 kph, Typhoon Usagi weakened after hitting the Batanes island group, and is moving slowly west-northwest at 19 kph towards southern China, the weather bureau said. Usagi, which has been labeled a super typhoon, made landfall...
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