Hong Kong Braces for Typhoon Wipha; Schools, Financial Markets Shut Early

Hong Kong Braces for Typhoon Wipha; Schools, Financial Markets Shut Early
People react under heavy rain as typhoon Wipha approaches in Hong Kong, China on July 31, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong on July 31 raised a tropical cyclone signal 8, its third highest level, as schools and financial markets closed and office workers left work early to get home before the storm.

The Hong Kong observatory said Typhoon Wipha was edging closer to China’s coast in the southwestern part of Guangdong Province, skirting about 186 miles (300 km) west of the city.