China’s coastal regions on high alert as Typhoon Saudel cancels flights, ferries

Airports in China’s Zhejiang and Fujian provinces remained on high alert for potential delays and cancellations as Typhoon Saudel approached landfall on Wednesday, after multiple flights were cancelled in Taiwan and Hong Kong.Saudel, which entered the China-sea" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="19685" data-entity-type="location">East China Sea early on Wednesday morning, led to 16 cancelled flights at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport. Affected carriers included Peach, China-airlines" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="193472" data-entity-type="organization">China Airlines, EVA Air, Starlux and Thai Lion Air.Hong Kong Airlines fully cancelled its HX658/HX659 flights between the city and Japan’s Okinawa, while HK Express rescheduled its Okinawa-bound services to August 27 in response to the weather system.