A woman burns offerings for her dead ancestors during the Hungry Ghost Festival at a temple in Hong Kong on August 30, 2023. The festival is celebrated in the seventh lunar month of the lunar new year calendar among communities in southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, marks the belief that the “Gates of Hell” are opened to let out the hungry ghosts who then wander in the land of the living while foraging for food. During the festival food offerings are made while paper money and joss sticks are burnt outside homes to keep the spirits of dead ancestors happy and to bring good luck. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





A homeless person with an umbrella seeks shelter under a building near the harbour early in the morning, as a precaution against the Super Typhoon Saola, in Hong Kong, on Friday, September 1, 2023. The Hong Kong Observatory raised a No. 8 typhoon signal, the third-highest warning under the city's weather system, early Friday, and schools are suspended. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/AP Photo)





A man covers himself with umbrella as he walks by a coastal area after Typhoon Saola struck the city with strong winds and rain, in Hong Kong, Saturday, September 2, 2023. The typhoon made landfall in southern China before dawn Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern China suspended business, transport and classes. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/AP Photo)





Students and teachers attend a ceremony for the new semester at a primary school in Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 1, 2023. New school semester kicked off in many parts of China on Friday. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man looks at fallen trees following Super Typhoon Saola, in Hong Kong, China on September 2, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





People pose for photographs in the wind during Typhoon Saola in Tseung kwan O, in Hong Kong on Saturday, September 2, 2023. Typhoon Saola made landfall in southern China before dawn Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern China suspended business, transport and classes. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/AP Photo)





Residents look at a taxi damaged by Typhoon Saola in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, Saturday, September 2, 2023. Typhoon Saola made landfall in southern China before dawn Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern China suspended business, transport and classes. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/AP Photo)





Aerial view of farmers spreading red chilli peppers to dry on September 3, 2023 in Bozhou, Anhui Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





This photo taken on September 4, 2023 shows rescue personnel evacuating a woman in a flooded area from heavy rains caused by Typhoon Haikui in Xiamen, in southern China's Fujian province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





This photo taken on September 4, 2023 shows rescue personnel evacuating a woman in a flooded area from heavy rains caused by Typhoon Haikui in Xiamen, in southern China's Fujian province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





View of a dirt road passing through a damaged section of the Great Wall of China, in Youyu County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, China on September 5, 2023. (Photo by Youyu County Public Security Bureau via Reuters)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a motorist rides past a traditional gateway on a wet day in Paifang Street in the city of Chaozhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. A few people have been killed and thousands forced to evacuate by floods brought by tropical storm Haikui in China’s southeastern coastal Fujian province, local authorities reported Wednesday. (Photo by Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP Photo)





A villager bundles highland barley in Waba Village of Ra'og Town of Qamdo City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Police attempt to clear debris outside a drainage channel at a flooded area during heavy rain in Hong Kong, China on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A bus drives past a flooded area during heavy rain, in Hong Kong, China on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





People wait the bus at a flooded area during heavy rain in Hong Kong, China on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A man stands in the middle of a flooded road, attempting to get the attention of the bus driver during heavy rain, in Hong Kong, China on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A taxi is seen at a flooded area during heavy rain, in Hong Kong, China on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Vehicles are seen at a flooded packing lot during heavy rain, in Hong Kong, China on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Drainage workers assist a driver stranded due to flooding to a safe place, during heavy rain in Hong Kong, China on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)