Macao, Hong Kong cancel alarms as Wipha leaves

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Macao, Hong Kong cancel alarms as Wipha leaves

2025-07-21 16:45 Last Updated At：07-22 00:17

Weather authorities of Hong Kong and Macao, the two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China, canceled all warning signals for tropical cyclones as Wipha, the sixth typhoon of this year, left the cities.

Public transportation services have resumed in both SARs, with airports functioning well.

Some roads, trees, and buildings in parts of Macao sustained varying degrees of damage. The Macao Civil Protection Operations Center received a total of 163 incident reports, mainly involving collapsed buildings, trees, or lamp posts, as well as falling objects.

Five people were reported injured due to the typhoon.

In Hong Kong, 33 residents had received treatment at public hospitals for injuries caused by rainstorms as of 19:40 on Sunday.

Wipha made a second landfall near Hailing Island in Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province at around 20:15 on Sunday as a strong tropical storm, after first landing at around 17:50 near Haiyan Town of Jiangmen City in Guangdong.

China strongly condemns U.S. use of force against Venezuela

China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the U.S.'s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Saturday.

It's reported that the U.S. launched military strikes on Venezuela and Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S. has "successfully" carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife, have been taken and "flown out of the country."

Such hegemonic acts of the U.S. seriously violate international law and Venezuela's sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region, the spokesperson said, adding that China firmly opposes it.

"We call on the U.S. to abide by international law and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and stop violating other countries' sovereignty and security," said the spokesperson.