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Typhoon Nida moving northwest across southern China
Original Publication Date: August 1, 2016 2:48PM
Publication Updated: April 27, 2025 10:39PM
BEIJING – Typhoon Nida was moving northwest across southern China on Tuesday, bringing high winds and heavy rain but no immediate reports of deaths or destruction.
The storm made landfall at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday near Hong Kong and was expected to churn across the manufacturing centre of Guangdong province, gradually weakening as it moved into the neighbouring Guangxi region.
Flights, ferries and ground transport were heavily disrupted in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning and schools cancelled classes.
By mid-day, the Hong Kong observatory had cancelled its rainstorm warning, but urged people to continue to be vigilant for river flooding. It said it recorded maximum gusts exceeding 128 kilometres per hour (80 miles per hour).
Large parts of China have seen heavier than usual seasonal rainfall this summer, leading to widespread flooding and scores of deaths.
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