HKO set to issue Gale or Storm Signal No. 8 upon arrival of typhoon

The Strong Wind Signal No. 3 is currently in effect, with the Observatory set to issue the Gale or Storm Signal No. 8 at 10:10pm. This as several areas across the city as well as air traffic have been affected by oncoming Typhoon Noul.

Overcast defined much of Hong Kong's weather earlier today as occasional showers prepared the city for the arrival of Typhoon Noul.

The typhoon is currently concentrated around 220 kilometres to the city's southeast, and is expected to move on a northwesterly trajectory at a speed of 18 kilometres per hour.

Noul has been forecasted to edge towards the Eastern Guangdong coastline before making landfall tomorrow morning in the area between Huizhou and Shanwei, at which point it will pass by the city at a distance of 100 kilometres.

Rainbands surrounding Noul have also brought about heavy rain in the city throughout the afternoon. On Castle Peak Road in Cheung Sha Wan, the scaffolding outside of a building undergoing construction was suspected of being partially blown off.

Fire Services personnel were deployed on site to investigate the situation. No injuries have been reported so far.

On Oi Yin Street in Shau Kei Wan, a tree that stood 10-metres tall was suspected of being uprooted by strong gusts. Several of its branches fell on a private car and blocked the path for pedestrians in the area.

At around 4pm in Kwun Tong, a 2-metre-tall hoarding installed at a construction site on Hoi Yuen Road was suspected of being blown over before falling on top of a passerby. He received light injuries to the hand and was rescued by other pedestrians.