Typhoon Hato kills 10 and costs Hong Kong over HK$4bn
Typhoon Hato has killed 10 people in Hong Kong, Macau and China, injured 121 and will cost Hong Kong at least HK$4bn (£400m) in economic costs.
The Hong Kong Observatory raised the strongest typhoon warning, signal 10, yesterday morning for the first time since Typhoon Vicente in 2012; the signal remained in place for most of the day.
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