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The Hong Kong Observatory issued the No 8 typhoon signal at 9.20pm on Sunday, with tropical cyclone Tapah expected to make landfall over western Guangdong the following morning.
Tapah – the Malay word for a type of giant freshwater catfish – is expected to skirt within 200km southwest of Hong Kong around sunrise on Monday and the No 8 signal will remain in force at least until 11am. The Observatory issued the No 3 signal in the early hours of Sunday.
All day 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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