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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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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.
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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.
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.
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