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Hong Kong cleans up after typhoon
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Hong Kong is cleaning up in the wake of a powerful typhoon that brushed past the territory with gale force winds that shook the city's landmarks. Packing winds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) Typhoon Dujuan sent millions of workers scurrying home and caused massive disruptions at Hong Kong's international airport on Tuesday. More than 150 flights were cancelled and many others delayed. Torrential rain triggered minor landslides and flooding but no-one was reported injured. Weather forecasters briefly raised a typhoon signal number 9, telling residents to expect a direct hit, but Dujuan changed course and slammed into the mainland Chinese coast north of the territory. Mainland Chinese cities are often harder hit by typhoons because their infrastructure is less developed than Hong Kong. The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm Wednesday morning. Dujuan had been a Category Three storm when it hit Taiwan with 200 kph winds earlier Tuesday, killing at least two people. A 23-year-old student is missing after being swept away by floodwater, and one man is thought to have drowned in the ocean. Power was also cut to thousands of homes in Taiwan. Life will be getting back to normal in Hong Kong Wednesday with businesses and the stock market expected to re-open. Six or seven typhoons pass near Hong Kong each year, but direct hits are rare. In 2001, one person died when Typhoon Utor tore through the territory. The deadliest in recent decades was Typhoon Wanda in 1962, which killed 130 people, left 53 missing and sank or wrecked nearly 1,300 small ships. -- CNN's Andrew Brown contributed to this report.
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