Hong Kong suspends kindergarten and special school classes in anticipation of typhoon signal No 3
Warning expected to be upgraded from signal No 1 at lunchtime on Monday as Typhoon Nida approaches city
Classes at kindergartens and some special schools were suspended on Monday as Typhoon Nida approached Hong Kong.
An announcement from the Education Bureau said: “As the Hong Kong Observatory expects that the tropical cyclone warning signal No 3 is likely to be issued within the next few hours, classes at kindergartens, schools for children with physical disability and schools for children with intellectual disability are suspended today.
“These schools, however, should keep their premises open and implement contingency measures to look after arriving students. They should ensure that conditions are safe before allowing students to return home.”
The warning signal was expected to be upgraded to typhoon signal No 3 at about lunchtime on Monday. Typhoon standby signal No 1 was raised at 10pm on Sunday night, with Typhoon Nida expected to hit the city on Tuesday morning, bringing heavy showers over the next few days.
The severe tropical storm, which passed over the Philippines and entered the South China Sea on Sunday, strengthened into a typhoon as it edged closer to the city, according to the Hong Kong Observatory’s tropical cyclone tracker.