Hong Kong prepares for supertyphone

hong-kong - Hong Kong braces itself for the supertyphon Mangkhut, which probably lands in the area on Sunday. It could be the heaviest tropical storm ever to hit the metropolis, comparable to a category 5 hurricane on the Atlantic. The typhoon, which is still gaining momentum, is expected to cause a lot of trouble in the north of the Philippines and Taiwan on the way to the Chinese mainland with wind speeds of 240 kilometers per hour.

According to the newspaper South China Morning Post, the city council convened an interdepartmental meeting Wednesday, chaired by the Minister of Security, to discuss the emergency measures to be taken. 'This storm is a different story,' said a spokeswoman for the meteorological institute. 'Even if we are not fully hit, there is a great danger for Hong Kong. '