Typhoon Mangkhut: 20,000 Macau households left without power after monster storm causes severe flooding in casino hub
Inner harbour area, Taipa and Coloane hit as black storm surge sees waters rise almost 2 metres
Twenty thousand households were left without power in Macau after Typhoon Mangkhut battered the city on Sunday.
Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM), the casino hub’s electricity supplier, said it had cut off power in six low-lying areas to ensure public safety after much of the inner harbour area, Taipa and Coloane were flooded.
As it happened: Typhoon Mangkhut
The storm brought severe flooding to low-lying areas of the casino hub, forcing 1,280 citizens to flee to temporary shelters.
At 11pm, the Macau government put the number of injured people at 17. One person, aged 87, was in critical condition with a fractured hip after falling while six people had “medium level” injuries. Another 10 people had mild injuries. The city fared better than a year ago when 10 people were killed and hundreds hurt during Typhoon Hato.
There were also reports of 16 fires breaking out.
At 8pm, the city’s Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau downgraded the typhoon signal No 10, which was first issued at 11am, to No 8.