According to the Global Times , Typhoon Saola made its first landfall in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, southern China at midnight on September 1. The storm then moved out to sea and made a second landfall in Yangjiang City but weakened.
Satellite image of storm Sao La in Hong Kong on September 1
Provincial authorities later downgraded their storm response level while Shenzhen city authorities allowed traffic, businesses, construction sites and schools to resume.
Previously, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and many cities in Guangdong suspended activities before the storm arrived.
Despite the weakening, authorities warned of the risk of secondary disasters caused by continued heavy rain, including flooding and falling objects. Utility crews are also checking power systems across the entire grid.
In Hong Kong, there have been no reports of fatalities from the storm and the damage is considered to be less severe than that caused by Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018. However, the South China Morning Post reported that at least 75 people required hospital treatment as of 9 a.m. and about 511 people had taken shelter in 40 evacuation centers across the city.
More than 300 people were stranded at the airport after about 460 flights were canceled, authorities said. In Shenzhen, one person was killed when a tree fell on his car.
Following Typhoon Saola, Typhoon Haikui is approaching the southeastern coast of China and is forecast to make landfall on Taiwan island on the evening of September 3 before heading west toward the mainland province of Fujian. Taiwan’s two main airlines have canceled all flights on September 3 while the government has warned people to stay away from the coast and mountains.
Below are some images of damage caused by typhoon Sao La in Hong Kong and Guangdong:
Tree falls on car on Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Tree uprooted in a park in Hong Kong on September 2.
Street scene in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Planks covering a furniture store in Hong Kong blown away
Fences outside a police station in Hong Kong have fallen.
The sign was blown away by the wind.
Trees uprooted by Typhoon Saola in Hong Kong. Authorities received more than 1,200 reports of trees falling due to the storm.
A taxi was dented by a fallen tree in Hong Kong.
Scaffolding collapses in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
People crawl under fallen trees in a residential area in Hong Kong.
Workers clean up in Zhuhai city, Guangdong province on September 2.
Workers clean up after the storm in Zhuhai
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