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Hong Kong and China’s southeastern coastline prepared for Super Typhoon Saola on Friday (September 1) - packing winds of more than 125 miles per hour.

Issuing their highest typhoon alert, Chinese authorities have warned that Saola could rate among the five strongest to hit the southern province since 1949.

Hong Kong officials have further warned of storm surges 10 feet higher than the normal tide.

The super typhoon is expected to skirt within 60 miles of Hong Kong.

“I’m very worried because the news and the Hong Kong Observatory have both reported that this typhoon is a super typhoon. And after seeing the typhoon's path map online, we can see that the eye of the typhoon will pass very close to Hong Kong. So I am a bit concerned and hope it won't cause too many casualties."

"No, I don't have any particular emotions, and I haven't made any special preparations. Typhoons occur every year (in Hong Kong), so maybe this one is just larger than usual. I am living in the upper area so there wouldn't be much happening, but if I live here by the sea then I will be afraid."

Bracing for the storm, schools in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou have been closed and rail services suspended.

While in Shenzhen, a city of more 17 million, businesses and financial markets were suspended from Friday afternoon.

Saola is one of three tropical cyclones to form in the northwest Pacific Ocean and South China Sea.