Pakhar lands a second punch on battered Hong Kong, Macau with flight chaos, accidents and business closures

One dead and dozens injured in Hong Kong, while Macau suffers severe flight disruption in second storm to hit cities in a week

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The Heng Fa Chuen waterfront in Hong Kong takes another beating from Pakhar. Photo: Handout

Published: 11:30pm, 27 Aug 2017Updated: 9:37am, 28 Aug 2017

Severe Tropical Storm Pakhar barrelled down on Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, disrupting flights and transport in two cities that had barely recovered from the hammering inflicted by Typhoon Hato last week.

One man was killed in a traffic accident and 62 people were injured in Hong Kong, after the Observatory upgraded the strong wind warning signal to No 8, from No 3, at 5.10am.

A truck overturned on the Yuen Long Highway near the Shenzhen Bay Bridge before 7am. Its driver was thrown from the vehicle and left in a coma at the scene, police said. He died from a severe neck injury at Tuen Mun Hospital. Two passengers suffered minor injuries.

A helicopter takes sailors rescued from the Hong Tai 176 to safety. Photo: Handout

Rescue services plucked 11 sailors from a ship that went down in rough seas 64 nautical miles east of Hong Kong, while 160 firefighters went to the aid of two hikers who were stranded on Kowloon Peak.

Pakhar, named after a freshwater fish that lives in the lower Mekong River, made landfall in Taishan city 142km away in Guangdong province at 9am, with gale-force winds of up to 119km/h. The storm drenched the entire Pearl River Delta region, with Shenzhen reporting 162mm of rain.