Hong Kong is bracing for its second typhoon in a week with a Signal 8 storm forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Chinese territory on Sunday. Tropical Cyclone Pakhar will be closest to Hong Kong “in the next few hours” and is expected to land to the west of the Pearl River Estuary around midday local time, the city’s weather observatory said in a statement issued at 5:45 a.m. Sunday. It warned of strengthening winds, heavy rain and squalls, and the potential of flooding in low-lying areas. The storm is forecast to track a path similar to that of Hato, a Signal 10 tropical cyclone—the highest on its scale—which battered the region after making landfall on Wednesday. Hato killed at least eight people and injured 240 others in the neighboring city of Macau and caused damage in southern China, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday, adding that water supplies in some parts of the city famous for its casino industry remained disconnected. Flight operations at Hong Kong International Airport will be affected by Pakhar, the airport said on its website on Sunday, without saying if flights will be canceled. While the Signal 8 alert is expected to be hoisted for at least most of Sunday morning, unless it intensifies “the chance of issuing a higher signal will not be high,” the observatory said. At 7 a.m., the storm was 120 kilometers (75 miles) south-southwest of Hong Hong and forecast to move northwest about 28 kilometers an hour. Hato on Wednesday caused at least 450 flights to be canceled or delayed in Hong Kong, and forced the closure of schools and trading at the stock exchange. Pakhar is looming in the western Pacific as Hurricane Harvey lashes southeast Texas.