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 signal no.3 was hoisted at 8 p.m. Monday.

According to the weather bureau, the tropical storm Nangka located in the northern part of the South China Sea is moving west-northwest towards the Hainan Island.

Nangka will maintain a distance of about 400 kilometers away from Macau. However, under the combined effect of Nangka and Northeast monsoon, “the winds in Macau are expected to strengthen significantly and sustain for a period of time,” SMG warns.

The weather on Tuesday and Wednesday “will be unstable, with frequent heavy showers and thunderstorms. The prevailing easterlies are expected to reach wind scale level 6 to 7, occasionally 8 with gusts.”

SMG also informed that “under the combined influence of the Storm Surge and heavy showers, there will be flooding in the Inner Harbor area between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. this morning, and the highest flooding level of around 0.4 meters is expected.”

“The public is advised to take preventive measures against the wind, flooding, and rainstorm ahead of time, and pays close attention to the latest weather news” from the weather bureau.

MDT