Hong Kong to issue T8 typhoon signal as storm Tapah closes in

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The Hong Kong Observatory is set to issue the No 8 typhoon signal at 9.20pm on Sunday as tropical cyclone Tapah is expected to make landfall over western Guangdong the following morning.

With Tapah – the Malay word for a type of giant freshwater catfish – expected to skirt within 200km southwest of Hong Kong around sunrise on Monday, the No 8 signal will remain in force at least until 11am.

All school classes on Monday are cancelled.

Follow the Post’s coverage as Tapah approaches.

Reporting by Oscar Liu, Emily Hung and Denise Tsang

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