Typhoon Mangkhut slammed Hong Kong and China after tearing through the Philippines over the weekend.
“At 10 p.m., Typhoon Mangkhut was centered about 310 kilometers (192 miles) west of Hong Kong (near 22.1 degrees north 111.2 degrees east) and is forecast to move west-northwest at about 30 kilometres (18 mph) per hour into the inland area of southern China and weaken gradually,” according to the agency.
The storm slammed the Philippines on Sept. 15, killing at least 40 people, CNN reported. The Associated Press reported that overall, 64 people died.
More than 2.4 million people had been evacuated in southern China’s Guangdong province by Sunday evening to flee the massive typhoon and nearly 50,000 fishing boats were called back to port, state media reported.
The gambling enclave of Macau closed casinos for the first time and the Hong Kong Observatory warned people to stay away from the Victoria Harbour landmark, where storm surges battered the sandbag-reinforced waterfront.