Typhoon Nida Crossing Southern China After Making a Direct Hit on Philippines

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Landfall Near Hong Kong

Typhoon Nida made landfall near Hong Kong early Tuesday morning (local time) after soaking the northern Philippines during the weekend.

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) said that Nida made landfall near the Da Peng Peninsula between 3-4 a.m. Tuesday, local time. Nida was the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale at that time.

Winds had gusted up to 94 mph as of Tuesday morning to the west of Hong Kong at Ngong Ping, HKO reported.

3.05 inches of rain was reported at at Hong Kong International Airport

In Hong Kong, thousands of workers were evacuated from an offshore oil platform.

Hundreds of people took refuge in government shelters across the city.

More than 180 flights to and from Hong Kong were canceled, bus, tram and ferry routes were suspended.

There were no initial reports of deaths or injuries

Nida is the first typhoon to track within 65 nautical miles of Hong Kong since Usagi on September 22, 2013.

Landfall in the Philippines

PAGASA said that Nida (Carina) made landfall near Cabutunan Point (northeast Luzon Island) on Sunday afternoon, local time.

Nida (Carina) had dumped more than 11 inches of rain on the northern Philippine town of Tuguegarao in the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. local time on Sunday. The Philippines are 12 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.

No deaths or injuries had been reported as of Monday night, Philippine time, but Presidential Communications Sec. Martin Andanar told CNN Philippines that national emergency agencies are on still standby, in case of flooding and landslides. Andanar said family food packs have already been prepositioned, with 30,000 food packs in Region 1 and 1,900 food packs in Region 8.

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