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Hong Kong: Classes to be suspended on Sept 1

The airline posted the update on their website on Thursday

Emirates notified that customers flying or connecting to Hong Kong will not be accepted for travel at the point of origin until further notice

(UPDATE) THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) declared a red alert on Thursday as two weather disturbances enhanced the southwest monsoon, posing threat to 85,395 families.

(UPDATE) FLOODWATERS swamped most of Metro Manila and parts of Rizal following torrential rains on Thursday.

The coastguard rescued a family of seven, including a six-month-old baby, as Super Typhoon Saola flooded their home in the Philippines. Footage shows the rescue crew assisting the distressed villagers, including the infant and a pensioner, from their battered wooden hut residence in Sablayan town, Occidental Mindoro province, on Monday, 28 August. The team waded through waist-deep flood waters and guided the family to rubber boats ferrying locals to evacuation centres.

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Typhoon Saola has intensified into a super typhoon northeast of the Philippines and will likely remain in that category until landfall in Taiwan, the Philippine national weather bureau Pagasa said.

(UPDATE) HUNDREDS of people fled their homes as floods unleashed by Super Typhoon Goring (international name Saola) swept through rural villages in the northeastern Philippines, rescue officials said Sunday.