Tag: Typhoon
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Tropical Storm Ma-on headed for southeastern China
Tropical Storm Ma-on was gaining strength as it headed for Macau, Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China after displacing thousands in the Philippines. Macau ... -
Typhoon Ma-on SMG may hoist T1 tonight
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) expects tropical storm Ma-on, which is over the ocean east of Luzon, to enter within 800 km of Macau tonight. ... -
Cyclone Mulan sweeps near city, edges T8 minimum
Tropical Storm Mulan edged the threshold windspeed for Typhoon Signal No 8 and necessitated the signal to be issued for six hours. At about 3 a.m. ... -
Five to eight tropical cyclones may affect Macau this year
Between five to eight tropical cyclones may affect Macau this year, the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) estimated. The first tropical cyclone could arrive in ... -
Typhoon Kompasu | ‘Immediate prevention status’ maintained
The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng directed the city’s civil protection management team to take all necessary steps in order to minimise the risk of adverse ... -
Kompasu: Storm leaves nine dead in landslides, floods in Philippines
A tropical storm set off landslides and flash flooding as it barreled over the tip of the northern Philippines overnight, and officials said today (Tuesday) at ... -
T1 hoisted as SMG expects typhoon to come closer to Macau tomorrow
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau(SMG) hoisted Typhoon Signal No.1 at 6 p.m. today and will remain in effect until dawn. Typhoon Saudel is located about 590km ... -
Weather bureau to lower signal to T3 at 7pm
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) will lower the current typhoon Signal No. 8 to Signal No. 3 at 7 p.m. tonight, after nearly 12 hours ... -
Acting CE sees Nangka as ‘real test’ for Civil Protection Structure
Acting Chief Executive André Cheong said today that this typhoon is the “real test” for the Civil Protection Structure. This issuance of Typhoon Signal No. 8 ... -
Typhoon Signal No. 3 to be hoisted only ‘in the evening’
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) will only hoist Typhoon Signal No. 3 “in the evening,” after having hoisted Tropical Signal No.8 since 7:30 a.m. today. ... -
Typhoon signal No. 8 to be hoisted at 7:30am
Typhoon Signal No. 3 will be replaced by Signal No. 8 at 7:30 a.m. today (Tuesday), the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Services (SMG) has informed. Typhoon ... -
Typhoon signal 10 hoisted at 5am
Weather Bureau update: Typhoon Higos is moving in a northwest direction and is forecasted to make landfall at the coast between Zhuhai and Yangjiang during morning. ... -
Typhoon signal 9 hoisted
Weather Bureau update: Signal No.9 was issued at 2:30am Wednesday. The signal No.9 will remain in effect for a period of time, according to the weather ... -
Macau expected to raise signal 8 for tropical storm Higos
The civil protection structure and the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) have issued warnings to the population to prepare for the passage of the tropical storm ... -
Asia Today: Japan easing emergency, Wuhan starts new testing
Experts on Japan’s coronavirus task force on Thursday approved a government plan to lift a state of emergency in most areas ahead of schedule except for ... -
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 ... -
Pakhar tropical storm to affect Macau most by midday Sunday
Windy.com After Signal 3 was hoisted last night (Saturday), the Weather Bureau (SMG) advised that tropical storm Pakhar might be upgraded to Signal 8 between 5 ... -
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 ...
