Powerful Typhoon Churns Toward Hong Kong

World | July 23, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
Powerful Typhoon Churns Toward Hong Kong A woman runs as her umbrella collapses under wind and heavy rain in Central business district as Tyhoon Imubudo moves closer to Hong Kong.Photo by AFP

Typhoon Imubudo, packing winds up to 160 kilometres an hour, was expected to brush by Hong Kong and slam its full wrath into southern China. A trail of devastation was left in Imubudo's wake in the Philippines after strong winds and flash floods killed 17 and displaced more than 11,000. Wednesday afternoon classes at kindergartens in Hong Kong and ferry services to some outlying islands were suspended in anticipation of strong winds and driving rain as the typhoon roared across the South China Sea toward the Chinese mainland.

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