More than 190 high-speed rail services also disrupted on Sunday, while Airport Authority says many flights to resume in afternoon
Apart from flight disruptions, more than 190 cross-border high-speed rail services were also cancelled on Sunday.
“When Noul no longer poses a threat to Hong Kong, the Observatory will cancel all tropical cyclone warning signals, or replace the tropical cyclone warning signal with the strong monsoon signal,” the city’s forecaster said.
Under the influence of Noul, local winds will still be occasionally strong offshore on Sunday, reaching gale force on high ground at first, according to the forecaster.
It added that squally showers and thunderstorms were expected to persist over Hong Kong for the rest of Sunday and Monday.
Yeung Tat-wing, director of service delivery at Hong Kong’s Airport Authority, said that the airport was expecting to handle a total of 675 flights on Sunday. The authority said about 360 flights were cancelled.