Tropical cyclone Saola is forecast to enter within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong on Wednesday.

“Depending on the size of circulation of Saola and its distance from the Pearl River Estuary, the Observatory will assess the need for issuing Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals.

Saola, currently classified as a severe typhoon, was expected to move across the Luzon Strait and intensify into a super typhoon.

The current track showed Typhoon Saola, a storm with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres per hour at its centre, passing close to Hong Kong on Saturday morning.

There are large uncertainties in the subsequent movement of Saola.

Hong Kong has hoisted the T8 storm signal, which brings the city to a standstill, once this year.

Doksuri went on to cause major flooding in mainland China and the deaths of at least 80 people.

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