Killer typhoon Chanchu spins closer to Hong Kong

A killer typhoon picked up speed today as it spun closer to Hong Kong, forcing the city to urge small ships and fishing boats on the open seas to seek shelter from the storm – the strongest on record to enter the South China Sea in May.

Typhoon Chanchu’s eye was expected to pass just east of Hong Kong tomorrow before slamming into Guangdong province on China’s eastern coast, the Hong Kong Observatory said.