HONG KONG: Three typhoons were swirling off the coasts of China and Japan on Thursday with the first set to directly hit Hong Kong as the city of seven million battened down for the storm.

Typhoon Linfa, packing maximum wind speeds of up to 130 kilometers (80 miles) per hour near its center, was around 200 kilometers northeast of Hong Kong by early afternoon on Thursday and was set to hit overnight.

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