Tag: Hato
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August to Remember | How much has changed one year since Hato?
Photos by Renato Marques (MDT Archive) Today marks exactly one year since one of the deadliest typhoons to ever have struck Macau made landfall in the ... -
13,000 SMEs applied for gov’t short-term aid
A total of 13,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have filled applications in order to request aid, provided under a government plan to alleviate the effects ... -
Typhoon Hato | Tax rebate for flooded vehicles to include backdate mechanism
Financial Services Bureau (DSF) director Iong Kong Leong has clarified that the proposed tax reduction on flooded or heavily damaged vehicles that are traded in for ... -
City in need of sturdier tree species after Hato
As Typhoon Hato reportedly damaged or uprooted as many as 10,000 trees, with over 4,000 of those needing to be destroyed, some experts have called for ... -
Seeking solutions for ‘too much in our bins’
The extraordinarily high quantity of waste produced during the typhoon last week and early this week has aggravated an ongoing situation – namely, the inability for ... -
CCAC probes weather bureau over Hato forecast, mismanagement
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has initiated an inquiry into the procedures of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) for typhoon forecasting and internal management of ... -
Hato also brought stories of solidarity and mutual help
It was mid-morning on Wednesday, August 23, when Typhoon Hato violently hit Macau, creating dreadful havoc for anything in its path. Almost all the areas ... -
SMG won’t rule out Signal 8 for Sunday storm
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) has warned that it is not ruling out the possibility of hoisting Signal 8 on Sunday in response to a ... -
Death toll rises to nine as rescue operations continue
[Updated at 12:00] As rescue operations continue after the passage of super-typhoon Hato, the number of casualties continues to rise. Authorities have confirmed yesterday (Thursday) another ... -
Weather bureau chief resigns following heavy criticism
The long-criticized Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) head, Fong Soi Kun, has resigned from his post, following criticism from residents and lawmakers regarding the bureau’s failure ... -
Residents raid fire hydrants in search of water
Macau experienced a water crisis yesterday which saw much of the city left without a stable water supply, even as the electricity provision was gradually restored. ... -
Gov’t to issue compensation for deceased, injured, damages
The government organized a press conference yesterday to report the latest updates regarding Wednesday’s typhoon. Led by Chief Executive Chui Sai On, Secretary for Administration and ... -
Macau Red Cross on standby
The Macau Red Cross is on standby to provide disaster relief efforts should Macao Water not have the water situation under control by this morning, the ... -
Eight killed in Guangdong | A man paddles a kayak along a flooded street in Guangzhou
Typhoon Hato has left at least eight people dead in Guangdong Province. According to the Zhuhai government’s official announcement and other mainland reports, four of the ... -
Hato: At least five dead in wake of typhoon devastation
Macau was left in a state of devastation today (Wednesday) after the strongest typhoon on local record swept past the city, killing at least five people. ... -
Typhoon rampages through Macau leaving trail of destruction
Hato flooding in downtown Macau (photo by Renato Marques) The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted Signal 10 today, shortly before midday, as the city ...
