A woman runs for cover as she crosses a road in Quarry Bay with heavy rains pounding Hong Kong, forcing the city’s weather forecaster to issue the black rainstorm warning, July 29, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY) Hong Kong residents woke up to torrential rains on Tuesday, which forced the city’s weather forecaster to…
As Hong Kong braces for a potential No 8 typhoon warning over the weekend, the local forecaster has taken to using artificial intelligence to analyse global weather data over the past four decades to better predict the paths of tropical cyclones. In an exclusive tour of the Hong Kong Observatory’s “war room”, or central forecasting…
Hongkongers woke up to a dry and hazy Sunday with multiple districts experiencing “serious” levels of air pollution under the influence of a dusty airstream from the north, with conditions expected to further worsen. The Observatory said Hong Kong had experienced its driest April morning since 1984. Air pollution in urban areas such as Central,…
People walk on a street in Central, Hong Kong, amid a cold spell on Feb 24, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY) Temperatures in Hong Kong are expected to plunge again to as low as 14 degrees Celsius this coming Friday even after parts of the city recorded a high of 28°C on Sunday, according…