This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory will issue the No 3 signal between 3pm and 6pm on Saturday as Super Typhoon Yinxing edges closer to the coast of southern China. The forecaster said the warning signal…
The Hong Kong Observatory may issue the No 1 standby signal as early as Friday as typhoon Yinxing intensified gradually into a super typhoon on Wednesday. The weather forecaster on Thursday said Yinxing was expected to enter within 800km (497 miles) of Hong Kong between tonight and Friday morning and move westwards across the northern…
A rare wavelike cloud formation rolled across the sky over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour in late October, its undulating curves bathed in gold and pink hues amid the glow of the setting sun. The Hong Kong Observatory shared the image on social media on Sunday, saying the short-lived atmospheric phenomenon was known as a fluctus…