Flights and book fair disrupted as Roke passes Hong Kong in city’s second tropical storm of the year

Hong Kong faced its second tropical cyclone storm of the year on Sunday, enduring disruption to flights, ferries and the city’s popular annual book fair. The Observatory issued the No 8 signal at 9.20am when Cyclone Roke approached the city with maximum gusts of 73 km/h. But it quickly made landfall at Sai Kung East Country Park in an hour, with winds subsiding. By 1.20pm, the signal was downgraded to No 3 and further to No 1 at 3.10pm, when the cyclone departed the territory...