Typhoon No. 8 has been announced since 10:30 pm due to the tropical storm “Maon”. At 9:00 am, the eye of the storm was located about 230 km southwest of Macau and was moving west of the Pearl River Estuary. Signal No. will be replaced by No. 3 at 11:00 am, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Service (SMG).
Typhoon Ma Yin is expected to intensify further and rapidly approach the west coast of Guangdong Province. “SMG forecast that it will be closest to Macau from early morning until noon (Thursday), adding that local weather will be unstable due to the influence of the rain belt outside it.” Strong gusts and occasional thunderstorms at ~9.
Flooding is expected in the lowlands from 3am. Meanwhile, the Chief Executive issued an executive order declaring a state of immediate prevention as of 8:00 p.m. as an Orange Storm Surge Warning was issued.
The three bridges connecting Macau to Taipa and the Lotus Bridge connecting SAR to Hengqin were closed, but the lower deck of the Saivan Bridge is now open. In the meantime, taxi services have been suspended.
