{"id":140981,"date":"2023-10-09T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=140981"},"modified":"2023-10-09T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:50:25","slug":"hong-kong-drenched-and-battered-by-weakening-typhoon-koinu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/hong-kong-drenched-and-battered-by-weakening-typhoon-koinu\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong drenched and battered by weakening Typhoon Koinu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong has closed schools and suspended trading on the stock exchange after a weakening Typhoon Koinu brought torrential rain and storm-force winds to the southern Chinese territory.<\/p>\n<p>More than 150mm of rain was recorded over most parts of Hong Kong from midnight into Monday morning, with rainfall exceeding 300mm in some areas, data showed.<\/p>\n<p>While Koinu, which killed one person in Taiwan last week, had weakened into a severe tropical storm, it still brought significant disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Schools and childcare centres were ordered to shut and the morning session at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was suspended. Trade was expected to resume at 2pm (06:00 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Hong Kong\u2019s airport overnight and underground metro stations as Koinu disrupted flights and transport, public broadcaster RTHK reported.<\/p>\n<p>In early September, Hong Kong was brought to a standstill by torrential rain that swamped streets and\u00a0flooded shopping malls and metro stations. A \u201cblack\u201d warning was also issued then.<\/p>\n<p>In China\u2019s Guangdong province \u2013 where Koinu is expected to sweep past en route to Hainan island \u2013 the cities of Zhuhai and Jiangmen issued a Level III emergency response, according to the Xinhua news agency on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong has closed schools and suspended trading on the stock exchange after a weakening Typhoon Koinu brought torrential rain and storm-force winds to the southern Chinese territory. 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