A powerful typhoon swept south of Hong Kong and was moving toward a Chinese island province where it was expected to make landfall, forcing many aspects of life in the region to a halt. Trading on the stock market, bank services and schools were halted in Hong Kong on Friday after the city’s weather authority raised a No. 8 typhoon signal for Typhoon Yagi, the third-highest warning under the city’s weather system.

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