Hong Kong started gradually reopening Saturday after a typhoon that was forecast to be the strongest to hit the territory in about five years departed, leaving minimal reported damage.
The city’s airport, businesses and public transportation began slowly resuming operations, while street cleaners cleared debris and uprooted trees that Severe Typhoon Saola left in its wake. The Hong Kong Observatory lowered its storm warning to No. 3 from the No. 8 signal at 4:20 p.m. It had dropped it from No. 10, the highest level, to No. 8 at 3:40 a.m. Saturday.
