HK raises Typhoon Vicente warning to highest level
时间：2012-07-24 05:43:31
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HONG KONG, July 24 (Xinhua) -- As winds from Typhoon Vicente battered1 Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Observatory2 raised Tropical Cyclone3 warning to the highest level of Hurricane Signal No. 10 at 00:45 local time on Tuesday (16:45 GMT on Monday).
Hurricane Signal No. 10 means that winds with mean speeds of 118 kilometers per hour or more are expected, the Observatory said in a statement.
At 01:00 local time, Severe Typhoon Vicente was centered about 100 kilometers southwest of the Hong Kong Observatory and is forecast to move to northwest at first at about 20 kilometers per hour towards the region to the west of the Pearl River
Estuary4. Vicente will move west-northwestwards later.
Vicente is expected to be closest to Hong Kong in the next few hours, passing within 100 kilometers of the Hong Kong Observatory. The eyewall of Vicente will come near to the southwestern part of Hong Kong, bringing hurricane force winds to those areas.
All Hong Kong residents are advised not to go outside, and remain where they are if protected and be prepared for destructive winds.
In the past hour, the maximum sustained winds recorded at Cheung Chau Beach, Tate's Cairn and Waglan Island were 127, 117 and 108 kilometers per hour respectively.
A high water level of about 3.0 meters above chart
datum5 is expected at
Quarry6 Bay between midnight and 03:00 local time. The high water level may cause flooding in low-lying areas in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's tropical cyclone warning signals has five levels -- Standby Signal No. 1, Strong Wind Signal No. 3,
Gale7 or Storm Signal No. 8, Gale or Storm Signal No. 9, and Hurricane Signal No. 10.
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