Hong Kong Lowers Storm Alert as Typhoon Wipha Moves West
Barricades are blown down in the Central district as the typhoon signal number 10 in Hong Kong on July 20.
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Hong Kong lowered its storm alert further as tropical cyclone Wipha moved past the city, with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. resuming flights.
The Hong Kong Observatory lowered the signal to No. 3 at 7:40 p.m. local time. It had raised the alert to No. 10 Sunday morning. Wipha was forecast to move west at about 22 kilometers (13.7 miles) per hour across the vicinity of western Guangdong province in China, the weather agency said on its website.