'Saola' weakens as it edges along southern China

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 03, 2023 12:35 am

HONG KONG: Typhoon 'Saola' swept across southern China on Saturday after tearing down trees and smashing windows in Hong Kong, although the megacity avoided a feared direct hit from one of the region's strongest storms in decades.

Tens of millions of people in the densely populated coastal areas of southern China had taken shelter indoors ahead of the storm on Friday.

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