(UPDATE) HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Monday halted trading at its stock exchange and kept schools closed after Typhoon "Koinu" generated torrential rainfall overnight.

Named after the Japanese word for "puppy," Koinu — which caused one death in Taiwan last week — had weakened into a severe tropical storm by Monday, said the Hong Kong Observatory, as it moved toward the coastal areas of China's Guangdong province.

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